Grant v. Sosebee

On the date of the execution of the security deed the grantor was an heir at law of her husband, and had an interest in the land. The security deed, therefore, was effective to grant, as such security, her entire interest in the land. She was not, therefore, conveying a bare possibility. It was a present vested interest. “When a year’s support is set apart to a widow, it becomes hers absolutely and unconditionally, and she can sell or dispose of it just as any other person might dispose of his property.” Lowe v. Webb, 85 Ga. 733; Stringfellow v. Stringfellow, 112 Ga. 494, 497. Cases cited in…