Legal Opinion
Holcomb v. Word
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 20, 1977No. 32491PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Justice.
Word, as buyer of a 181.67-acre tract of land, sued Holcomb, the holder of a deed to secure debt to which the land was subject, for specific performance requiring the release of a 40.68-acre tract of the land.
The controversy is over the meaning of the word "either” in the following portion of the release provision of the deed to secure debt: "No more than one-half (1/2) of the road frontage on either side of that said Vaughn Mill Road frontage running North and South through the center of the property can be released before all of the back property has been released on…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Davis v. United American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
- Farm Supply Co. of Albany, Inc. v. CookCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
- Warrior Constructors, Inc. v. E. C. Ernst Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
- Honea v. GilbertSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Coverdale AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Ross v. Ninety-Two West, Ltd.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
- Thomas v. American Global InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- Henry H. Claussen v. The Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, and Federal Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
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