Legal Opinion
Hedden v. Hilton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 7, 1976No. 30615PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The heirs of Knox Hilton brought this declaratory judgment action against the executrix of the estate of C. A. Hilton in order to have themselves declared fee simple owners of a disputed tract of land. The executrix defended in a motion for judgment on the pleadings 1 on the ground that the description in the deed from C. A. to Knox was so vague and indefinite that the deed was unenforceable. We agree, and affirm the trial court in granting the defendant’s motion.
The land was conveyed on August 15,1949, by a deed in which the "grantor C. A. Hilton, reserves for his use and…
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