Legal Opinion

Thomas v. Hudson

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 10, 1940No. 13186PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Jenkins, Justice.

By section 1 of the act of 1889 (Ga. L. 1889, p. 106; Code, § 67-2501), it is provided that “deeds, mortgages, and liens of all kinds, which are now required by law to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court of each county within a specified time, shall, as against the interests of third parties acting in good faith, and without notice, who may have acquired a transfer or lien binding the same property, take effect only from the time they are filed for record in the clerk’s office.” The act has the usual repealing clause. The Code, § 67-111, contains…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Van Renesselaer v. KearneySupreme Court of the United States · 1851
  2. Moore v. CrawfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  3. Citizens & Southern National Bank v. EllisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
  4. Irvine v. IrvineSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  5. Terry v. RodahanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888

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3Cited by22 opinions

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  2. Thornton v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  3. Federal Land Bank v. Bank of LenoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  4. Noel v. BaskinDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1942
  5. R. S. Ginn and Rainey D. Ginn v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969

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