highest claim in Georgia

1907Co., 121 Ga. 228 , it was said that “The evident intention of this clause of the contract is to enable the insurance company, by means of accurate records of the business of the .insured, to ascertain with substantial certainty and definiteness the value of the stock of goods destroyed by fire.” While the words “accurate records” are here used, it was mot intended that a policy would be avoided for mere slight accidental omissions, or because the books kept might not come up to the highest standard of perfect or accurate bookkeeping.

1907Co., 121 Ga. 228 , it was said that “The evident intention of this clause of the contract is to enable the insurance company, by means of accurate records of the business of the .insured, to ascertain with substantial certainty and definiteness the value of the stock of goods destroyed by fire.” While the words “accurate records” are here used, it was mot intended that a policy would be avoided for mere slight accidental omissions, or because the books kept might not come up to the highest standard of perfect or accurate bookkeeping.

2013A violation by the trustee of any duty that the trustee owes the 32 Id. 33 (Punctuation and footnote omitted.) SunTrust Bank v. Merritt, 272 Ga. App. 485, 489 (2) ( 612 SE2d 818 ) (2005). 34 (Citations and punctuation omitted.) Nalley v. Langdale, __ Ga. App. __ (2), n. 19 ( 734 SE2d 908, 917 ) (2012) (physical precedent only). 21 beneficiary shall be a breach of trust.”35 OCGA § 53-12-302 (a) provides that a trustee “who commits a breach of trust shall be personally chargeable with any resulting damages.” (i) The unilateral amendment of the RIF general partnership.

1971There appears to us no reason why stores belonging to the grand lodge, rented out by it to merchants or shop-keepers, and thus put in competition with other like realty in the City of Macon, should not be taxed, irrespective of whether the 'lodge’ of the order is in the same building, and whether the proceeds of the renting have been or are to be applied to one purpose or another.” For a similar ruling see Atlanta Masonic Temple Co. v. City of Atlanta, 162 Ga. 244 ( 133 SE 864 ).

1971There appears to us no reason why stores belonging to the grand lodge, rented out by it to merchants or shop-keepers, and thus put in competition with other like realty in the City of Macon, should not be taxed, irrespective of whether the 'lodge’ of the order is in the same building, and whether the proceeds of the renting have been or are to be applied to one purpose or another.” For a similar ruling see Atlanta Masonic Temple Co. v. City of Atlanta, 162 Ga. 244 ( 133 SE 864 ).

1951To take at all they must look to the law.” And in Edwards v. Addison, supra, it was said: “It [a year’s support] is the highest claim against an estate, whether testate or intestate.” It is no longer open to doubt, but was fully settled by this court in Brown v. *407 Joiner, 77 Ga. 232 ( 3 S. E. 157 ), s.c. 80 Ga. 486 ( 5 S. E. 497 ), Swain v. Stewart, supra, Anders v. First National Bank, 165 Ga. 682 ( 142 S. E. 98 ), Backer v. City Bank & Trust Co., 180 Ga. 672 ( 180 S. E. 604 , 108 A. L.

1951To take at all they must look to the law.” And in Edwards v. Addison, supra, it was said: “It [a year’s support] is the highest claim against an estate, whether testate or intestate.” It is no longer open to doubt, but was fully settled by this court in Brown v. *407 Joiner, 77 Ga. 232 ( 3 S. E. 157 ), s.c. 80 Ga. 486 ( 5 S. E. 497 ), Swain v. Stewart, supra, Anders v. First National Bank, 165 Ga. 682 ( 142 S. E. 98 ), Backer v. City Bank & Trust Co., 180 Ga. 672 ( 180 S. E. 604 , 108 A. L.

1951To take at all they must look to the law.” And in Edwards v. Addison, supra, it was said: “It [a year’s support] is the highest claim against an estate, whether testate or intestate.” It is no longer open to doubt, but was fully settled by this court in Brown v. *407 Joiner, 77 Ga. 232 ( 3 S. E. 157 ), s.c. 80 Ga. 486 ( 5 S. E. 497 ), Swain v. Stewart, supra, Anders v. First National Bank, 165 Ga. 682 ( 142 S. E. 98 ), Backer v. City Bank & Trust Co., 180 Ga. 672 ( 180 S. E. 604 , 108 A. L.

1951To take at all they must look to the law.” And in Edwards v. Addison, supra, it was said: “It [a year’s support] is the highest claim against an estate, whether testate or intestate.” It is no longer open to doubt, but was fully settled by this court in Brown v. *407 Joiner, 77 Ga. 232 ( 3 S. E. 157 ), s.c. 80 Ga. 486 ( 5 S. E. 497 ), Swain v. Stewart, supra, Anders v. First National Bank, 165 Ga. 682 ( 142 S. E. 98 ), Backer v. City Bank & Trust Co., 180 Ga. 672 ( 180 S. E. 604 , 108 A. L.

1951To take at all they must look to the law.” And in Edwards v. Addison, supra, it was said: “It [a year’s support] is the highest claim against an estate, whether testate or intestate.” It is no longer open to doubt, but was fully settled by this court in Brown v. *407 Joiner, 77 Ga. 232 ( 3 S. E. 157 ), s.c. 80 Ga. 486 ( 5 S. E. 497 ), Swain v. Stewart, supra, Anders v. First National Bank, 165 Ga. 682 ( 142 S. E. 98 ), Backer v. City Bank & Trust Co., 180 Ga. 672 ( 180 S. E. 604 , 108 A. L.

1951To take at all they must look to the law.” And in Edwards v. Addison, supra, it was said: “It [a year’s support] is the highest claim against an estate, whether testate or intestate.” It is no longer open to doubt, but was fully settled by this court in Brown v. *407 Joiner, 77 Ga. 232 ( 3 S. E. 157 ), s.c. 80 Ga. 486 ( 5 S. E. 497 ), Swain v. Stewart, supra, Anders v. First National Bank, 165 Ga. 682 ( 142 S. E. 98 ), Backer v. City Bank & Trust Co., 180 Ga. 672 ( 180 S. E. 604 , 108 A. L.

1951To take at all they must look to the law.” And in Edwards v. Addison, supra, it was said: “It [a year’s support] is the highest claim against an estate, whether testate or intestate.” It is no longer open to doubt, but was fully settled by this court in Brown v. *407 Joiner, 77 Ga. 232 ( 3 S. E. 157 ), s.c. 80 Ga. 486 ( 5 S. E. 497 ), Swain v. Stewart, supra, Anders v. First National Bank, 165 Ga. 682 ( 142 S. E. 98 ), Backer v. City Bank & Trust Co., 180 Ga. 672 ( 180 S. E. 604 , 108 A. L.

1951To take at all they must look to the law.” And in Edwards v. Addison, supra, it was said: “It [a year’s support] is the highest claim against an estate, whether testate or intestate.” It is no longer open to doubt, but was fully settled by this court in Brown v. *407 Joiner, 77 Ga. 232 ( 3 S. E. 157 ), s.c. 80 Ga. 486 ( 5 S. E. 497 ), Swain v. Stewart, supra, Anders v. First National Bank, 165 Ga. 682 ( 142 S. E. 98 ), Backer v. City Bank & Trust Co., 180 Ga. 672 ( 180 S. E. 604 , 108 A. L.

1951R. 769), and Nixon v. Nixon, 196 Ga. 148 ( 26 S. E. 2d, 711 ), that the right to a year’s support vests immediately and absolutely upon the death of the husband or father in those persons for whose benefit the statute was enacted; and it was held in Goss v. Harris, supra, and the cases there cited “that the right to a year’s support is an absolute right which can not be divested by any contingency occurring after it accrues.” Illustrative of this, it has been held that a widow is entitled to a year’s support out of the estate of her deceased husband even after her remarriage to another, and wh

1951R. 769), and Nixon v. Nixon, 196 Ga. 148 ( 26 S. E. 2d, 711 ), that the right to a year’s support vests immediately and absolutely upon the death of the husband or father in those persons for whose benefit the statute was enacted; and it was held in Goss v. Harris, supra, and the cases there cited “that the right to a year’s support is an absolute right which can not be divested by any contingency occurring after it accrues.” Illustrative of this, it has been held that a widow is entitled to a year’s support out of the estate of her deceased husband even after her remarriage to another, and wh

1943Although the right to a year's support is the highest claim against the estate of a decedent, and the "ordinary law of distributions" does not become applicable until after such year's support and other obligations of the estate are satisfied ( Edwards v. Addison , 187 Ga. 756 , supra), yet since the right is a branch of the statute of distributions, it would seem that it could no more be termed a right accruing to an individual under statute than could the right of the heirs at law of any intestate, and in the view of the writer such right of inheritance could not properly be so denominated.