Legal Opinion
Ponder & Co. v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 15, 1927No. 6124PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
1. Growing timber is part of the realty. Coody v. Gress Lumber Co., 82 Ga. 793 (10 S. E. 218) ; Corbin v. Durden, 126 Ga. 429 (55 S. E. 30); Newton County v. Boyd, 148 Ga. 761 (98 S. E. 347) ; Beecher v. Newton, 157 Ga. 113, 117 (120 S. E. 779).
2. A deed to land to secure a debt is an absolute conveyance until the debt is paid, and passes the title to the land and the timber growing thereon to the vendee therein. Civil Code (1910), § 3306.
3. The vendor of land who retains title thereto as security for the payment of the purchase-money can not by injunction prevent the vendee from clearing the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Citizens & Southern Bank v. Union Warehouse & Compress Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1924
- Small v. SlocumbSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Coody v. Gress Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1889
- Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. ButlerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
- Corbin v. DurdenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Wood v. FRANK GRAHAM COMPANYCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
- West Lumber Company v. SchnuckSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
- West Lumber Co. v. SchnuckSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
- Shirling v. HesterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
- Butler Naval Stores Co. v. GlassSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
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