Chandler v. Raney

Wyatt, Justice.

When this ease was previously before this court (Yerbey v. Chandler, 194 Ga. 263), it was held that, under the will referred to in the defendant’s amendment to her answer, the devisees named in the will took a life estate only in the property devised. Under this ruling, which is the law of the case, Mary 0. Yerby, under whom the defendant claims title to the land, could convey no greater interest in the property than she possessed, which was a life estate; and under the contract set forth in the amendment, the defendant acquired no interest in the land existing beyond the date…