Court Opinion

ID: 9848150
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:13:38.523448+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:18:03.980020
License: Public Domain

Ingram, Justice,
concurring. I have joined the other members *421of this court in the judgment rendered in this case because it seems to me that the correct legal result has been reached. It is regretful to me, personally, that oral argument was heard in this case (as well as in a number of other pending cases) before I became a member of the court. Nevertheless, I have studied and considered all of these pending cases fully and I believe this case has been decided correctly. I would add this word of caution about the court’s decision: it does not, in my opinion, modify or repeal the language or efficacy of Code Ann. § 113-107. On the contrary, the integrity of these provisions of our law remains intact. The result in this case was reached solely on the basis of the facts appearing in the present record. It is clear to us from those facts that Mrs. Harriet Marshall’s counsel who prepared this will carefully (and we conclude, successfully) drafted its terms to avoid the application of this Code section. It is not to be inferred that we approve the testamentary disposition made in the will, which excludes her progeny, but we are neither authorized nor inclined to redraft wills on appeal that do not violate the statutes of Georgia. This court has given thorough consideration to the vigorous and able arguments made by appellants but does not agree the trust here involved is violative of Code Ann. § 113-107.