Burnett v. Summerlin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Exceptions to award. Before Judge Eelton. Bibb superior court. April term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
In 1881 Samuel B. Burnett made to his son George W. E. Burnett, and the children of the latter, a deed to a certain tract of land in Bibb county, Georgia. The deed was voluntary. Its material parts were as follows: “by these presents does grant, bargain, sell, alien, convey, and confirm unto the said George W. E. Burnett and his children, and their heirs and assigns, all that lot or parcel of land [describing it] ; for the use and benefit of the said George W. E. Burnett during his natural lifetime and to his children at his death, but in no event to be subject to the debts, contracts, or…
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