Legal Opinion
Glover v. Summerour
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 13, 1928No. 6287PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
1. A sale and conveyance of her land by a married woman to her husband, without being allowed by an order of the superior court of the county of her domicile, is not only voidable but void. Civil Code (1910), § 3009; Echols v. Green, 140 Ga. 678 (79 S. E. 557).
2. Where a deed from a wife to her husband recites a valuable consideration, such deed upon its face is a contract of sale by the wife to the husband. Martin v. White, 115 Ga. 866 (42 S. E. 279) ; Shackelford v. Orris, 135 Ga. 29 (68 S. E. 838) ; Rich v. Rich, 147 Ga. 488 (3) (94 S. E. 566).
3. “A wife may give property to her husband,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Jones v. HarrellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Martin v. WhiteSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Cain v. LigonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
- National Bank v. CarltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
- Abel v. Jarratt & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1897
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Citizens & Southern National Bank v. KontzSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
- Ustick v. UstickIdaho Court of Appeals · 1983
- Equitable Credit Corp. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
- Browder v. Aetna Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
- Interstate Financial Corp. v. AppelCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
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