Wood v. Davis

How courts have described this case

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• holding that attesting witnesses must see the testator either sign the instrument or acknowledge his signature, expressly or impliedly
• holding that attesting witnesses must see the testator either sign the instrument or acknowledge his signature, expressly or impliedly

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Skelton v. Skelton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-11-16· cited 65×
• Bailey v. Edmundson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-05-17· cited 32×
• Thornton v. Hulme
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1962-11-08· cited 23×
• Cornelius v. Crosby
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-01-24· cited 15×
• Sears Mortgage Corp. v. Leeds Building Products, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-03-01· cited 13×
• Glenn v. Mann
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-04-17· cited 12×
• Lavender v. Wilkins
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-09-08· cited 8×
• United States v. a Certain Tract or Parcel of Land
  S.D. Georgia· 1942-09-24· cited 8×
• Argo v. Geise
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1968-10-15· cited 5×
• McGee v. Loftin
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1971-10-07· cited 4×
• Newton v. Palmour
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-04-09· cited 4×
• Matter of Estate of McGurrin
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 1987-09-09· cited 4×
• McGurrin v. Scoggin
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 1987-09-09· cited 1×
• Manley v. Combs
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1944-05-03

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• White & Co. v. Magarahan
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1891-05-08· cited 25×
• Underwood v. Thurman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1900-07-12· cited 22×
• Baxley v. Baxley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1903-02-07· cited 22×
• Slade v. Slade
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1923-07-10· cited 18×
• Wells v. Thompson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1913-06-13· cited 16×
• Robinson v. King
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1849-05-15· cited 11×
• Reed v. Roberts
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1858-08-15· cited 10×
• In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Hitchler
  New York Surrogate's Court· 1898-11-15· cited 7×
• Moore v. Walton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1924-06-11· cited 6×
• Hamlin v. Fletcher
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1880-02-15· cited 4×
• Lamb v. Girtman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1862-06-15· cited 3×
• In re the Probate of the Will of Eakins
  New York Surrogate's Court· 1895-07-15· cited 2×