Legal Opinion
Smith v. Federal Land Bank
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided August 7, 1935No. 10422PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hutcheson, Justice.
The deed from Mary Merritt to Jacob Merritt, purporting to convey “all that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Coffee, said State, and being all of 100 acres, situated in the northwest corner of lot of land Ho. 18 in the first land district of Coffee County, being bounded on the north and west by the original lot lines, on the east by lands of Louis Clayton, and on south by lands of Ava Cauley,” was not void because of insufficient description, although the land in controversy was actually situated in the fourth district, and not in the first district…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Osteen v. WynnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
- Moore v. McAfeeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
- Harris v. HullSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
- Payton v. McPhaulSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Burson v. ShieldsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- A. C. Alexander Lumber Co. v. BagleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
- Whitfield v. MaddoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Heron v. RamseyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1941
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