JACKSON v. COPELAND

21424, 21425.

217 Ga. 420 (1961)

122 S.E.2d 573

JACKSON, Executrix v. COPELAND. LESTER v. COPELAND.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 9, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean E. Johnson, Sr., for plaintiff in error (Case No. 21424).

G. Conley Ingram, Reed, Ingram & Flournoy, contra.

Edwards, Bentley, Awtrey & Bartlett, Scott S. Edwards, Jr., for plaintiff in error (Case No. 21425).

Reed, Ingram & Flournoy, Conley Ingram, Jean E. Johnson, contra.


HEAD, Presiding Justice.

Millard Copeland, Jr., filed an equitable petition against Mary Jackson, as executrix of the will of Janie Copeland, deceased, and Bannie Mae Lester, a devisee under the will of the deceased, for specific performance of an alleged oral contract to make a will devising to the petitioner all of the property, both real and personal, of the deceased. It was alleged that the deceased had approximately $7,339 on deposit in a bank. By amendment it...

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