Legal Opinion
Allen v. Smith
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 14, 1929No. 7245PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
1. The description of the land in a deed must be sufficiently certain to effect means of identification.' A deed lacking in such certainty of description, standing alone, is inoperative either as a conveyance of title or as color of title, Luttrell v. Whitehead, 121 Ga. 699 (49 S. E. 691). So a deed which describes land as “103 acres, more or less, of lot of land No. 286, in the 8th district and 3rd section of Gordon County, Georgia,” is lacking in sufficient certainty of description, and can not operate as a conveyance of title or as color of title.
2. A purchaser of land under a bond for…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Luttrell v. WhiteheadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Andrews v. MurphySupreme Court of Georgia · 1853
- May v. SorrellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Price v. GrossSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
- Swint v. SwintSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Laurens County Board of Education v. StanleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Bennett v. RewisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
- Whitfield v. MaddoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Union Central Life Insurance v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
- Blue Ridge Apartment Co. v. Telfair Stockton & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1949
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