Legal Opinion
Henderson v. Howard
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 17, 1917No. 83PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Ejectment. Before Judge Munro. Muscogee superior court. December 30, 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. The absence of a seal from a deed conveying land- will not alone render the. deed void. Atlanta etc. Railway Co. v. McKinney, 124 Ga. 929 (53 S. E. 701, 6 L. R. A. (N. S.) 436, 110 Am. St. R. 215); Civil Code, § 4179. Yet where a deed conveying land is executed under seal by a person other than the grantor, in pursuance of a power of attorney signed by the grantor, but the paper relied on as a power of attorney was not executed under seal, the .deed so executed is not binding upon the purported grantor. Lynch v. Poole, 138 Ga. 303 (75 S. E. 158); Pollard v. Gibbs, 55 Ga. 45; Neely v.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Railway Co. v. McKinneySupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Lynch v. PooleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
- Neely & Co. v. StevensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
- Pollard & Co. v. GibbsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1875
3Cited by4 opinions
- United Leather Co. v. ProudfitSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
- Radcliffe v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
- Patterson v. BurnsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1920
- Advance Mortgage Corporation v. Guaranty Title Insurance Company, Atlanta Federal Savings & Loan AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969