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Sutton v. Hutchinson

Supreme Court of Georgia
Feb 5, 1970
226 Ga. 99 (Ga. 1970)

Opinion

25586.

SUBMITTED JANUARY 13, 1970.

DECIDED FEBRUARY 5, 1970.

Equitable petition. Cook Superior Court. Before Judge Lott.

Edward Parrish, Virgil D. Griffs, for appellants.

Young, Young Ellerbee, for appellees.


In this action by two of the heirs at law of the testatrix of a purported nuncupative will to set aside the judgment of a court of ordinary appointing the defendant as administrator with the alleged nuncupative will annexed, pretermitting the issue of the validity of the alleged nuncupative will otherwise, where there was no genuine issue of material fact and the pleadings and stipulations of fact on file showed that there was no personal service, or waiver or acknowledgement thereof, on the two known, resident plaintiffs, as required by Code Ann. §§ 113-618 and 113-607, the judgment was void at least for lack of jurisdiction over necessary parties ( Code § 110-709); therefore, the superior court did not err in its judgment granting the summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs.

Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.

SUBMITTED JANUARY 13, 1970 — DECIDED FEBRUARY 5, 1970.


Summaries of

Sutton v. Hutchinson

Supreme Court of Georgia
Feb 5, 1970
226 Ga. 99 (Ga. 1970)
Case details for

Sutton v. Hutchinson

Case Details

Full title:SUTTON, Administrator, et al. v. HUTCHINSON et al

Court:Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Feb 5, 1970

Citations

226 Ga. 99 (Ga. 1970)
172 S.E.2d 663

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