Legal Opinion

Carswell v. Shannon

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 24, 1953No. 18100PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Candler, Justice.

H. L. Shannon, as executor of Lawson Kelley’s estate, filed a petition in the Superior Court of Coffee County, praying for a construction of his testator’s will and for direction in making a distribution of the estate among the several legatees. The prayers of his petition were pursuantly granted on October 8, 1951; and from that judgment Remer Kent and Mrs. Boatright, two of the legatees, sued out a writ of error to this court; but in Kent v. Shannon, 209 Ga. 8 (70 S. E. 2d, 376), and for the reasons therein stated, we dismissed their bill of exceptions on April 15, 1952. On…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. McCandless v. ConleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  2. Brooks v. RawlingsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
  3. Dyson v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  4. East Tenn., Va. & Ga. Railway Co. v. GreeneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
  5. Bingham v. Citizens & Southern National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Amos v. AmosSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
  2. City of Cornelia v. GunterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
  3. Holloman v. HollomanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
  4. Georgia Tile Distributors, Inc. v. Zumpano Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  5. Lott v. Arrington & Hollowell, P.C.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2002

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