Legal Opinion
Higgins v. Odom
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 9, 1980No. 36448PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bowles, Justice.
In 1969, the real property of Cleo Roberts was sold by auction. Prior to the sale, Mr. Roberts had a subdivision plat of the land prepared showing the various building lots to be sold, the subdivision’s streets, and a lake. Plats were distributed at the auction and lots were sold by lot number. Lots adjacent to the lake brought more money than non-adjacent lots.
Mamye S. Higgins, appellant, is the owner of a lot adjacent to the lake as is Lottie H. Odom, the appellee. In 1975, Cleo Roberts purported to sell the lake to one John Lengel who in 1978 purported to sell it to Mrs.…
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