Legal Opinion
Dyess v. Brewton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 3, 2008No. S08A1087PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENHAM, Justice.
Elmer Carlyle Brewton died on January 1, 2006. He did not have a wife or children, but his heirs at law are appellants and appellees who are his surviving siblings and/or the lineal descendants of siblings who predeceased him. Brewton executed a will on March 15, 2000. He executed another will on May 10, 2000 in which appellees were named executors. Twenty months later, he executed a codicil in which he referred to the March will by its date of execution and the names of its witnesses. After Brewton’s death, one of the appellees retrieved the original May will and original…
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