Legal Opinion

Dorough v. Pettus

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 8, 1960No. 38208PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Bell, Judge.

This is a petition by LuBie Dorough, age 16, to assert her rights under a year’s support award made to her stepmother and the minor children of her deceased father, one of whom is the plaintiff. After the death of her natural father, the year’s support was set apart and awarded to- his widow, this plaintiff’s stepmother, and his only minor children, and it is on the rights accruing to her under this award that this minor child asks relief. The petition, designated as one in equity and for an accounting, was demurred to and the general demurrers were sustained. To this order…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Fowler v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Miller v. EnnisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  3. Howard v. PopeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  4. Dowdy v. DowdySupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  5. Dorough v. PettusSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In Re Estate of WillisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011

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