Legal Opinion
Dangler v. Rutland
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 8, 1972No. 27298PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Justice.
The appellant filed an action seeking specific performance of an option contract to lease certain land or damages in lieu thereof. The trial court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim. He appeals. Held:
1. Specific performance of an option contract for the lease of land will not be decreed unless the land which is the subject matter of the alleged contract is clearly identified therein. Higginbotham v. Cooper, 116 Ga. 741 (42 SE *4401000; Tippins v. Phillips, 123 Ga. 415 (51 SE 410); Estes v. Winn, 136 Ga. 344 (71 SE 470); Brown v. Mitchell, 225 Ga. 115…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Luttrell v. WhiteheadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Tippins v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Crawford v. WillifordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
- Hamilton v. DanielSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
- Estes v. WinnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Homart Development Co. v. W.T. SigmanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Cordele Banking Co. v. James G. Hunt Trucking Co. (In Re James G. Hunt Trucking Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Georgia · 1990