Legal Opinion
Gillespie v. Ellis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 12, 1929No. 7139PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
1. Where real estate is granted to a person when or as soon as he shall attain a given age, or when an event shall happen which may never occur at all, or at, or upon, or from and after his attaining such age, or the happening of such event, and there are no other words indicative of an intent to confer a vested interest, and nothing in the form of a limitation itself to indicate an intent merely to delay the vesting in possession or enjoyment, and no disposition of the intermediate income, the interest of the grantee will be contingent until he attains the age specified, or the event…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Fulton Trust Co. v. . PhillipsNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Lawrence v. . LittlefieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Stevens v. CarrollOregon Supreme Court · 1913
- Cogburn v. OglebySupreme Court of Georgia · 1855
- Allen v. WhitakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1864
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Walker v. BogleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Stout v. Massachusetts Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936