Nasworthy v. James

1. A deed to land is not void for uncertainty of description, if it furnishes the key to the identification of the land intended to be conveyed by the grantor. Civil Code (1910), § 4182; Swint v. Swint, 147 Ga. 467 (2) (94 S. E. 571); Boyd v. Sanders, 148 Ga. 839 (98 S. E. 490). Accordingly, it was not erroneous to admit in evidence a deed describing the land as “the Pollett old mill tract of land” in a named militia district and county. Ga. & Ala. Ry. Co. v. Shiver, 121 Ga. 708 (49 S. E. 700); Reeves v. Allgood, 133 Ga. 835 (3), 836 (67 S. E. 82).

2. Where in an action for land the plaintiff…