KENT v. SHANNON

17718.

209 Ga. 8 (1952)

70 S.E.2d 376

KENT et al. v. SHANNON, executor, et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 15, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Cliff Hatcher, Harris, Chance & McCracken and Gibson & Maddox, for plaintiffs in error.

G. H. Mingledorff and E. O. Blalock, contra.


HEAD, Justice.

H. L. Shannon, as the duly qualified and acting executor of the will of Lawson Kelley, filed a petition for declaratory judgment for a construction of the will of the testator. The petition named Mrs. Mildred Curry Scott and some twenty-four other persons as distributees under the will. All parties were duly served, but only Mrs. Scott filed a written response. The bill of exceptions recites that the remaining parties "filed no answer and entered no...

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