Legal Opinion

First National Bank v. Pounds

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 14, 1927No. 5467PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.

1. While as to lands purchased by a mother with funds belonging jointly to herself and her children, to which she took title in her own name, a resulting trust immediately arose in favor of the children, they can not assert ownership thereof as against a third person who, in ignorance and without notice of- their secret equity, and on the faith of the mother’s apparent title, makes to the mother in good faith a bona fide loan secured by. a deed to the lands so held in trust. Under such circumstances the grantee in the security deed, or one holding under him, to the extent of his interest in…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Krueger v. MacDougaldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
  2. Shumate v. McLendonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  3. Ford v. Blackshear Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1913
  4. Carter v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
  5. Zimmer v. DansbySupreme Court of Georgia · 1876

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Massell v. Fourth National BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1928
  2. Tattnall Bank v. HarveySupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  3. Patterson v. BarronSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
  4. Fender v. HodgesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1928

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