Paulk v. Perry

1. The following description of land contained in a deed is not sufficient to identify the land, where from parol testimony the lines can not be determined with such definiteness as to render the description certain and sufficient to definitely identify the land: “also part of lot No. 56 in the 5th land district of Irwin county, Georgia, and being all that part of said lot lying in the northwest corner and north of Mill Branch, containing 20 acres, more or less.” Huntress v. Portwood, 116 Ga. 351 (42 S. E. 513). This description is not sufficient although it be shown by parol that the western…