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LAVENDER v. WILKINS

31348.

237 Ga. 510 (1976)

228 S.E.2d 888

LAVENDER et al. v. WILKINS et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hudson & Montgomery, James E. Hudson, Rupert A. Brown, for appellants.

Fortson, Bentley & Griffin, Edwin Fortson, Davis, Davidson & Hopkins, Jack S. Davidson, James Horace Wood, for appellees.

HILL, Justice.

Following an adverse decision in the court of probate, the propounders of the will of John R. Cochran appeal from a judgment of the superior court, based upon a jury's verdict, which denied the will to probate. By special verdict the jury found that the testator entered into a common law marriage with Hilda B. Atkinson after the execution of his will in which he had exercised a power of appointment. The principal...

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