517 S.E.2d 784 HIGGINBOTHAM v. RICE. S99G0420.Supreme Court of Georgia. DECIDED: JUNE 7, 1999. FLETCHER, Presiding Justice. Executor John J. Higginbotham filed a petition to probate the June 10, 1996, will of his aunt, Sarah Higginbotham Hale. Hale’s niece and heir at law, Doris Rice, filed a written objection which the probate court dismissed as […]