Mitchell v. Spillers

Duckworth, Presiding Justice.

(After stating the 'foregoing facts.) It is always competent for the grantor in a deed to convey the fee to another and except some part of the land conveyed or reserve to himself, his heirs and assigns, certain rights in the land. Grant v. Haymes, 164 Ga. 371, 377 (138 S. E. 892); Mendenhall v. Holtzclaw, 198 Ga. 95, 98 (31 S. E. 2d, 171). The reservation here is that the grantor shall have the rents, issues, and profits from the conveyed land for and during her natural life. This interest the plaintiff in execution contended was a life estate, whereas the…