Pylant v. Burns
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for direction. Before Judge Hutcheson. DeKalb superior court. November 9, 1921. P. K. Burns, as administrator upon the estate of T. J. Goza, filed a petition praying direction as to the distribution of the estate represented by him.
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Petition for direction. Before Judge Hutcheson. DeKalb superior court. November 9, 1921. P. K. Burns, as administrator upon the estate of T. J. Goza, filed a petition praying direction as to the distribution of the estate represented by him. The case was submitted to the court without the intervention of a jury. , The facts upon which a decision of the matter depends are as folows: T. J. Goza died intestate leaving no widow, but leaving as his next of kin one daughter, two brothers, three sisters, and the children and grandchildren of a deceased sister. The daughter (Mrs. Pylant), prior to…
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) A receipt given by a daughter to her father, in which she acknowledges that she has received of him a specified sum as an advancement in full of her prospective share in his estate at or after his death, and by which she relinquishes all her right, title, and interest in his estate, is a valid and binding contract, and after the death of the father intestate, leaving other heirs and distributees, will bar and estop her from claiming or taking any part of his estate in a contest with his administrator. Newsome v. Cogburn, 30 Ga. 291; Barham v. McKneely, 89…
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