Court Opinion

ID: 9585281
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:58:33.485145+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:37:43.326125
License: Public Domain

Smith, Justice,
dissenting.
I would adhere to the rule announced in Rigby v. Powell, 233 Ga. 158 (210 SE2d 696) (1974), and hold that Wilson’s evidence of pre1979 conversations with his uncle was sufficient to create an issue of fact as to the existence of a contract between the two. It is possible, and indeed highly likely, that at trial Wilson could have produced other, admissible, evidence to support his theory of recovery. To close off this possible avenue of relief on a summary judgment ruling is, in my view, unduly harsh. I dissent.