Alderman v. Crenshaw

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

A condition in a deed prohibiting a tenant in fee simple . from alienating the land conveyed thereby is repugnant to the estate limited and is absolutely void. Farkas v. Farkas, 200 Ga. 886 (2) (38 S. E. 2d, 924); Stamey v. McGinnis, 145 Ga. 226 (88 S. E. 935); Crumpler v. Barfield, 114 Ga. 570 (40 S. E. 808); Freeman v. Phillips, 113 Ga. 589 (38 S. E. 943); Tiffany, Law of Real Property, 3rd ed., § 198; 26 C.J.S., Deeds, § 145. Code § 85-903 provides that conditions repugnant to the estate granted are void. An estate in fee simple, such as that conveyed by…