Fleck v. Ellis

1. A deed which conveyed certain realty to C. “as guardian of” K. M. E., E. E., and A. E., “minors, of the county of Eulton, Ga.,” created C. a trustee for the minors named, and a trust estate in the property described. The words quoted are not merely descriptio personae. See Wadley v. Oertel, 140 Ga. 326, 330 (78 S. E. 912); Trust Co. of Ga. v. Wallace, 143 Ga. 214 (84 S. E. 538); Humphrey v. Johnson, 143 Ga. 703 (5, 6), 704 (85 S. E. 830).(a) The trust created by this deed is a dry or passive trust, and would be executed as the minors respectively reached majority.(5) In such case…