Legal Opinion

Giles v. Giles

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 15, 1911PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Tear’s support. Before Judge Edwards. Douglas superior court. December 21, 1909.

1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.

1. Whére a decedent left a small estate estimated at less than five hundred dollars in value, and was survived by a widow and children by a former wife, and after his death, but before the appointment of an adininistrator, the widow entered into a contract with the children, whereby she received fifty dollars in lieu of any claim upon the estate, including a year’s support, if such contract was made without fraud and with knowledge of her rights and of the condition of the *684estate, it would operate as a bar 'to a subsequent application for a year’s support.

February 15, 1911. Tear’s support.…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Benz v. RogersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
  2. Smalley v. BassfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  3. McLean v. McLeanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
  4. Hubbard v. HubbardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1963
  5. Helmly v. SAVANNAH BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF SAVANNAHSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972

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