Davis v. Hollingsworth
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Before Judge Evans. Bulloch superior court. May 2, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
On January 12, 1893, George W. Waters conveyed to his daughter, Mary IV Davis, “ and her children or child, should any be born to her,” certain land in Bulloch county, the deed stipulating that “ in the event the said Mary IV Davis should die without any child or children in life, then said land is to revert unto said George W. Waters, if living at the time of reversion, and if not living then to his legal heirs.” Mary IV Davis had no children at the time this deed was executed, but she subsequently gave birth to a daughter, Leonora Davis, for whose benefit suit in ejectment was brought…
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