Ryman v. Kennedy
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge George. Ben Hill superior court. December 21, 1912. E. W. Byman was a practicing lawyer residing in Fitzgerald, Georgia, at the time of his death. He left a will, by the fifth item of which he bequeathed to his wife, Lula. B. Byman, several specified properties, and also his “law business.”
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Equitable petition. Before Judge George. Ben Hill superior court. December 21, 1912. E. W. Byman was a practicing lawyer residing in Fitzgerald, Georgia, at the time of his death. He left a will, by the fifth item of which he bequeathed to his wife, Lula. B. Byman, several specified properties, and also his “law business.” By the sixth item the' testator bequeathed to his daughter, Lula M. Byman, all of his “office furniture, fixtures and furnishings, including typewriter” now in his office; also $3,000 to be paid out of his life insurance,, to include such part of his insurance as may be…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
(After stating the facts.) Fees earned but not collected by the testator prior to his death, and all choses in action belonging to the testator in connection with his 'law business at the time of his death, and pending claims which the' party of the first part had made arrangements with other attorneys to handle, were expressly excluded from the sale, and nothing was left upon which the contract could operate. The professional skill of the testator, as a lawyer,'entered into the contract of employment by his clients, and the possibility that after bis death his clients would *77consent to the…
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