Rodgers v. Street
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Mobley, Justice.
“ ‘Contracts under which one of the contracting parties agrees with the other, for a valuable consideration, that he will make a will giving to the other property, either real or personal, have been sustained and enforced in America from the earliest times, and the validity of such contracts seems now to be beyond all doubt.’ Banks v. Howard, 117 Ga. 94 (43 S. E. 438). However, a plaintiff seeking to enforce such a contract must prove the precise contract beyond a reasonable doubt . . . The contract must also be fair and just . . . The fairness of the contract is usually to be…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Banks v. HowardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Printup v. MitchellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1855
- Salmon v. McCrarySupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Zachos v. Citizens & Southern National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
- Matthews v. BlanosSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Hudson v. HamptonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- Ray v. SearsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965
- Tomlinson v. PatrickSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Fuller v. FullerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964