Lanier v. Lanier

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• upholding in terrorem clause which provided that if a beneficiary violated the clause, such beneficiary's bequest \`shall be revoked and rescinded and the share of such beneficiary shall go pro rata to the remaining beneficiaries'\
• rejecting the plaintiff’s contention that a will was invalid because it violated the rule against perpetuities and then concluding that the plaintiff had forfeited his inheritance under an in terrorem clause contained in the will
• upholding in terrorem clause which provided that if a beneficiary violated the clause, such beneficiary’s bequest “ ‘shall be revoked and rescinded and the share of such beneficiary shall go pro rata to the remaining beneficiaries’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Sinclair v. Sinclair
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-10-27· cited 19×
• Norton v. Georgia Railroad Bank & Trust
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-11-20· cited 19×
• Cox v. Fowler
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-06-06· cited 18×
• Capers v. Camp
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-07-02· cited 15×
• Smith v. Francis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1965-09-09· cited 13×
• Thomas v. Citizens & Southern National Bank
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1968-09-23· cited 11×
• Miller v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-08· cited 9×
• SLOSBERG v. GILLER
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-06-30· cited 7×
• Linkous v. National Bank of Georgia
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-02-10· cited 6×
• Burt v. Commercial Bank & Trust Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-09-05· cited 5×
• Walker v. Bogle
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-10-02· cited 4×
• In Re Estate of Louise Ray Burkhalter
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-03-13
• North Decatur Courtyards Condominium Ass'n v. Casey
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-06-13

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In re Stickney's Will
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1897-01-07· cited 25×
• Burton v. Patton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1926-09-11· cited 23×
• Bryant v. Green
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1938-10-13· cited 18×
• Irvin v. Porterfield
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1906-11-13· cited 14×
• Overby v. Scarborough
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1916-09-23· cited 10×
• Dismukes v. Bagley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1928-02-15· cited 10×
• Landrum v. National City Bank of Rome
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1954-02-08· cited 9×
• Blanchard v. Gilmore
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1952-03-10· cited 5×
• Love v. McManus
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1951-10-10· cited 4×