Legal Opinion

Gearhart v. West Lumber Company

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 13, 1955No. 19063, 19084PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mobley, Justice.

1. Where a deed in consideration of $10 was executed by a corporation and delivered, purporting to convey fee-simple.title to a tract of land, which deed contained an agreement that the property “will be used for county school purposes only, and should this provision be violated, the grantor herein shall have the right to purchase the above property for $2,000,” such clause did not create a conditional estate dependent upon a condition subsequent. Johnson v. Hobbs, 149 Ga. 587 (2) (101 S. E. 583).

2. The owner of realty may legally sell it to another at an agreed price, and at…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Turner v. PeacockSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
  2. Wadley Lumber Co. v. LottSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  3. Brown v. MathisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
  4. Johnson v. HobbsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
  5. Barron v. AndersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Alamo School District v. JonesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960
  2. Floyd v. HooverCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
  3. Thomas v. MurrowSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  4. Bagwell v. HensonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
  5. Southern Airways Co. v. DeKalb CountyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1960

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