Legal Opinion

Oglesby v. Volunteer State Life Insurance

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 1, 1942No. 14377, 14393PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Grice, Justice.

The plaintiffs based their prayer for relief on the allegation that they were seized with the title to the land involved, and in their petition they exhibited a deed from their father to them, from which they assert their title was derived. If the description of the property in that deed is so vague and indefinite as to afford no means of identifying any particular tract of land, the instrument is inoperative either as a conveyance or as color of title. Crawford v. Verner, 122 Ga. 814 (50 S. E. 958). The question of sufficiency of description may be raised by general demurrer.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Crawford v. VernerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  2. Huntress v. PortwoodSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  3. Darley v. StarrSupreme Court of Georgia · 1920
  4. Jones v. HarrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
  5. Scoville v. LamarSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Bruce v. StricklandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
  2. Hamilton v. EvansSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
  3. Rogers v. ManningSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
  4. Kauffman v. DeeseSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  5. Reid v. WilkersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967

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