Johnson v. Hobbs
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. - Before Judge Walker. Warren superior court. January 8, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. While an estate may be granted upon a condition either express or implied, upon performance or breach of which the estate shall either commence, be enlarged, or defeated (Civil Code, § 3716), the law inclines to construe conditions to be subsequent rather than precedent, and to be remediable by damages rather than by forfeiture. Civil Code, § 3717. And “Equity seeks always to construe conditions subsequent into covenants, and to relieve against forfeitures, where the rules of construction will allow.” Civil Code," § 4568. This court has accordingly held (Thompson v. Hart, 133 Ga. 540, 66…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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