Legal Opinion

Jackson v. Sorrells

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 9, 1956No. 19251PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wyatt, Presiding Justice.

The plaintiffs in error claim the land in question as successors in title under the deed above set out. Therefore, it follows that, if the deed does not convey title, plaintiffs in error have no claim to the land in question. This court has many times been called upon to construe deeds such as the one here involved, conveying an interest in land to railroad companies for railroad purposes. It has often been pointed out that the question of whether the interest conveyed was an easement or title to the land was always a difficult one, and that each case was dependent…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Gaston v. Gainesville & Dahlonega Electric Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Jackson v. RogersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  3. Rogers v. PitchfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
  4. Askew v. SpenceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
  5. Georgia & Florida Railway v. SwainSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Richard S. Brunt Trust v. PlantzIndiana Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. Hardy v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2016
  3. Barber v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  4. Hardy v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2016
  5. Latham Homes Sanitation, Inc. v. CSX Transportation, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2000

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