Supreme Court of Georgia, 1979

Nesbitt v. Ewing

Nesbitt v. Ewing
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided April 24, 1979
243 Ga. 566; 256 S.E.2d 381; 1979 Ga. LEXIS 991

Nesbitt v. Ewing

Opinion of the Court

Per curiam.

This will contest involves the construction of the will of Joseph L. Nesbitt, who died on June 4, 1978, survived by his widow and two adult daughters. The trial court construed the will, which was drawn in 1956, as having been intended by the testator to meet the requirements for a marital deduction for estate tax purposes in favor of the widow. The daughters appeal. We affirm. Strickland v. Trust Co. of Ga., 230 Ga. 714 (198 SE2d 668) (1973).

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur. Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, William Linkous, Jr., John T. Marshall, Margaret V. Nesbitt, for appellees.

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