Legal Opinion

Thomas v. Roughton

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 7, 1971No. 26174PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Grice, Justice.

This appeal is from the grant of summary judgment probating in solemn form the will of Mrs. Sarah Robertson Jones.

Application for probate was filed in the Court of Ordinary of Telfair County by W. Harvey Roughton, the surviving named executor. Caveat was interposed by B. W. Walker and Guy Thomas, executors of the will of testatrix’s husband, C. W. Jones, who was her sole heir at law. Thereafter, by consent of parties, the case was appealed to the superior court, which granted caveators’ motion' for summary judgment denying probate.

Upon appeal to this court, in Roughton v.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Banks v. HowardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Gordon v. SpellmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
  3. Peavey v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
  4. Field v. BrantleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
  5. Trustees of the University of Georgia v. DenmarkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Tony v. PollardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  2. Rigby v. PowellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  3. Taylor v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
  4. Rushin v. UsseryCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  5. Jones v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973

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