Legal Opinion

Sheffield v. Dean

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 16, 1926No. 17145Published

1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.

1. Where a bill of sale to secure a debt described the property as “30 head of horses now located at the residence of said B. S. Jones [the maker], in the 12th district of Miller county, Georgia,” the description was so vague and indefinite that the record of the instrument was, as a matter of law, insufficient to give constructive notice to a purchaser of a part of the property from one other than the maker. Nussbaum v. Waterman, 9 Ga. App. 56 (3) (70 S. E. 259); Reynolds v. Tifton Guano Co., 20 Ga. App. 49 (1) (92 S. E. 389); Ellis v. Lynch, 28 Ga. App. 529 (112 S. E. 151); Hicks v. Walker…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. Tifton Guano Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
  2. Nussbaum v. Waterman & Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
  3. Hicks v. Walker Bros.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1923
  4. Ellis v. LynchCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1922
  5. Nix v. Citizens BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925

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