Legal Opinion

Union Central Life Insurance v. Smith

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 11, 1937No. 11636PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Jenkins, Justice.

A description in a'deed of the property conveyed is sufficiently certain when it shows the intention of the grantor as to what property is conveyed, and makes the identification practicable. Andrews v. Murphy, 12 Ga. 431. The description in the deed on which the plaintiff relied in this action of ejectment, “all the land owned by [the grantor] adjoining [another larger tract particularly described by an attached plat] on the south and southwest lying between said tract and the Lexington and Washington concrete road, totaling about sixty acres,” was not so vague, indefinite,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Andrews v. MurphySupreme Court of Georgia · 1853
  2. Thompson v. HillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
  3. Bennett v. GreenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
  4. Allen v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
  5. Rumble v. StrangeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Dye v. DotsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
  2. Wisener v. GulledgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  3. Copeland v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
  4. Johnson v. SackettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  5. Murdock v. WardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996

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