Legal Opinion

LaPierre v. Martin

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 21, 1916PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Petition to cancel deed. Before Judge Pendleton. Eulton superior court. May 31, 1915.

1Per curiam

1. Remaindermen, whose estate is vested subject to divestiture upon their death before the life-tenant, can not, during the existence of the precedent life-estate, maintain a suit to cancel a deed executed by the life-tenant individually and also as their trustee, purporting to convey the estate in solido. Latham v. Inman, 88 Ga. 505 (15 S. E. 8).

2. Eor the foregoing reason the court did not err in sustaining the general demurrer to the petition.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Gilbert, J., not presiding.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Latham v. InmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Gurr v. GurrSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  2. Wright v. ConnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
  3. Stout v. Massachusetts Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
  4. Fulton National Bank v. RandallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950