Mallis v. Maltiades

Supreme Court of Georgia

Mallis v. Maltiades

260 S.E.2d 47, 244 Ga. 312, 1979 Ga. LEXIS 1220

CourtSupreme Court of Georgia

DecidedSeptember 10, 1979

Docket35076

StatusPublished

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Mallis v. Maltiades, 260 S.E.2d 47, 244 Ga. 312, 1979 Ga. LEXIS 1220 (Ga. 1979).

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Bowles, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of Chatham Superior Court entered in favor of appellees, as propounders of the will of Stelios Kelemides, deceased, following a jury verdict. Appellants, caveators of the will, complain that the trial court erred in instructing the jury that there [313]*313must be a total lack or deprivation of reason to make one mentally incapable of making a will.

Argued July 10,1979 Decided September 10, 1979 Rehearing denied September 25, 1979. Richardson, Chenggis & Constantinides, Robert P. Mallis, for appellants. Calhoun, Cohen & Associates, John R. Calhoun, Wiseman, Blackburn & Futrell, Hugh P. Futrell, Jr., for appellees.

We find no merit in appellants’ argument. In the absence of a transcript for our consideration on review, we cannot say that the trial court’s charge on the degree of testamentary capacity necessary in this case was erroneous and unauthorized by the evidence. The testator’s sanity was at issue in the case. The trial court’s charge and re-charge were correct statements of the law. Griffin v. Barrett, 183 Ga. 152, 164 (187 SE 828) (1936) and cits; Beman v. Stembridge, 211 Ga. 274, 282 (85 SE2d 434) (1955); Joiner v. Joiner, 225 Ga. 699 (6) (171 SE2d 297) (1969).

Appellees’ motion to award damages and motion to dismiss are denied.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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Bowles, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of Chatham Superior Court entered in favor of appellees, as propounders of the will of Stelios Kelemides, deceased, following a jury verdict. Appellants, caveators of the will, complain that the trial court erred in instructing the jury that there [313]*313must be a total lack or deprivation of reason to make one mentally incapable of making a will.

Argued July 10,1979 Decided September 10, 1979 Rehearing denied September 25, 1979. Richardson, Chenggis & Constantinides, Robert P. Mallis, for appellants. Calhoun, Cohen & Associates, John R. Calhoun, Wiseman, Blackburn & Futrell, Hugh P. Futrell, Jr., for appellees.

We find no merit in appellants’ argument. In the absence of a transcript for our consideration on review, we cannot say that the trial court’s charge on the degree of testamentary capacity necessary in this case was erroneous and unauthorized by the evidence. The testator’s sanity was at issue in the case. The trial court’s charge and re-charge were correct statements of the law. Griffin v. Barrett, 183 Ga. 152, 164 (187 SE 828) (1936) and cits; Beman v. Stembridge, 211 Ga. 274, 282 (85 SE2d 434) (1955); Joiner v. Joiner, 225 Ga. 699 (6) (171 SE2d 297) (1969).

Appellees’ motion to award damages and motion to dismiss are denied.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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