Carter v. Walden
Supreme Court of Georgia
Cancellation of deed. Before Judge Park. Grady superior court. September 6, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
1. A deed reciting a valuable consideration only may be shown by parol to be without any consideration.
2. An instrument purporting to convey a tract of land to the grantees -therein contained the following language: “Jacob Carter [the grantor] is to hold a lifetime lease on said 245 acres of land more or less [the property conveyed], said lease to expire at the death of the party of the first part” (the grantor). Held, that the writing was not a will, but a deed with a reservation of a life-estate in the grantor.
3. The petition made, among other allegations, substantially the following: The…
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