Legal Opinion

Darby v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 13, 1928No. 6298PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.

The vendee in a security deed can by injunction prevent one claiming under the vendor therein, by right or title acquired subsequently to the execution and record of such deed, from cutting for sawmill purposes timber growing upon the land conveyed by such instrument, when the cutting of the timber impairs the value of the vendee’s security. Small v. Slocumb, 112 Ga. 279 (37 S. E. 481, 53 L. R. A. 130, 81 Am. St. R. 50); Bitting v. Chattooga County Bank, 159 Ga. 78 (124 S. E. 899); Ponder v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., ante, 366. It is unnecessary in this case to decide whether the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Small v. SlocumbSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
  2. Bitting v. Chattooga County BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1924

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Federal Land Bank v. Saint Clair Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
  2. Southern Land & Cattle Co. v. SimmonsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  3. Mills Lumber Co. v. MilamCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
  4. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. YatesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936

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