Legal Opinion

Jolly v. Jones

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 13, 1946No. 15637PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Jenkins, Presiding Justice.

1. In order to support a suit by a purchaser for specific performance of a contract for the purchase and sale of land, it must be made to appear that before the institution of the action the purchaser had paid the purchase-money in accordance with' the terms of the contract, or else had made an actual unconditional tender thereof, or that such a tender had been waived. Terry v. Keim, 122 Ga. 43 (49 S. E. 736); Roberts v. Mayer, 191 Ga. 588 (1) (13 S. E. 2d, 382).

2. While under the provisions of the Code, § 20-1105, the rule of the commón law that an actual…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pope v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1924
  2. Terry v. KeimSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  3. McGehee v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1851
  4. Roberts v. MayerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  5. Baldwin v. McLendonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  2. BX CORPORATION v. JeterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
  3. Fox Run Properties, LLC v. MurrayCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  4. Burnam v. WilkersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
  5. Cummings v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1963

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