Peterson v. Lott
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Parker. Coffee superior court. September 12, 1908. Lott sued Peterson to recover the value of timber cut from certain land by the Wadley Lumber Company, which claimed the right so to do under a conveyance from Peterson, Lott alleging that he also claimed under a prior deed from Peterson.
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Petition for injunction. Before Judge Parker. Coffee superior court. September 12, 1908. Lott sued Peterson to recover the value of timber cut from certain land by the Wadley Lumber Company, which claimed the right so to do under a conveyance from Peterson, Lott alleging that he also claimed under a prior deed from Peterson. Peterson denied any right of recovery in Lott, and alleged that he alone was entitled to the timber and its proceeds; and by way of cross-action he asked that Lott be enjoined from collecting a judgment he had recovered against the Wadley Lumber Company for damages from…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
In Wadley Lumber Co. v. Lott, 130 Ga. 135 (60 S. E. 836), the deed made by Peterson to Lott in 1882, upon, tlie construction of which their respective rights in the present case depend, was construed. It was there held that this instrument conveyed the fee in the land therein described to Lott, subject, however, to the right of Peterson to have it reeonveyed to him when Lott died, or offered the land for sale, upon his paying the original purchase-money and the value of all improvements placed by him upon the land, estimated in the manner provided for in the deed, and that, as neither of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Harden v. LangSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Huggins v. HugginsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Wadley Lumber Co. v. LottSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
- Stillwell, Millen & Co. v. Savannah Grocery Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1891
- Bennett v. Southern Pine Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905
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- Peterson v. LottSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911