Hicks v. Wadsworth

Sep 14, 1937
No. 11900
Reporters:
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Before:
Hutcheson
Hutcheson, Justice.

Under tlie facts of tlie instant case, the prayers ‍​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‍of the petition, and the questions presented for review by the bill of exceptions and the record, a ‍​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‍construction of the will, if involved at all, is only incidentally involved. The Court of Appeals and not ‍​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‍the Supreme Court has jurisdiction of the writ of error. Code, § 2-3005; Reece v. McCrary, 179 Ga. 812 (177 S. E. 741).

Transferred ‍​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‍to the Court of Appeals.

All the Justices concur, except Beck, P. J., and Beil, J-, absent because of ‍​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‍illness. A. J. Gamp and G. B. McGarily, for plaintiffs in error. William G. ilIcJlae, contra.