Thornton v. Anderson

How courts have described this case

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

• “The statute fixing [Georgia’s] rules of inheritance must be construed in pari materia with [Georgia’s] adoption statute”
• statute fixing rules of inheritance must be construed in pari materia with the adoption statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Couch v. Red Roof Inns, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-07-09· cited 94×
• Avnet, Inc. v. Wyle Laboratories, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-12-02· cited 66×
• Estate of David v. Snelson
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1989-07-17· cited 44×
• VSI Enterprises, Inc. v. Edwards
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-06-01· cited 14×
• Warner v. First National Bank
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-12-05· cited 13×
• Southern Railway Co. v. Brooks
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1965-09-08· cited 8×
• In the Interest Of: T. L., a Child
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-02-21· cited 8×
• Interchange Village v. Clark
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-11-25· cited 7×
• Dodds v. Deposit Guaranty Nat. Bank
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1979-06-06· cited 7×
• Evans v. Palmour
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-01· cited 6×
• In Re Frizzell's Estate
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1963-09-04· cited 5×
• Hadley v. Board of Trustees of Employees Retirement System
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-07-12· cited 4×
• Nunnally v. Trust Co. Bank
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-11-06· cited 4×
• Hastings v. Hastings
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-01· cited 3×
• Blanchard Ex Rel. DeLoache v. DeLoache-Powers
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-03-28· cited 2×
• Elrod v. Cowart
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-01-12· cited 1×
• Johnson v. Rogers
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-29· cited 1×
• In re Frizzell's Will
  Charlotte County Judge's Court· 1962-07-25
• Howe v. Howe
  Radford Corporation Court, Va.· 1953-03-10

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Flannigan v. Howard
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1902-12-16· cited 37×
• Ellis v. Darden
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1890-12-23· cited 28×
• Sutton v. Hancock
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1902-07-18· cited 18×