Legal Opinion

Irby v. Smith

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 20, 1917No. 312PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Complaint for land. Before Judge Bell. Fulton superior court. January 23, 1917.

1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, J.

1. Where a grantor conveys land with provision that it shall revert to him whenever the grantee ceases for a period of time to use it for specified purposes, and afterwards, the same grantor conveys the land to another grantee unconditionally, and after the death of the grantor the first grante'e ceases to use the land for the period and for the purposes stated in the first grant, the land reverts, not to the heirs of the deceased grantor, but to the second grantee and his • successors in title. Isler v. Griffin, 134 Ga. 196 (67 S. E. 854); Green’s Administrator v. Irvine (Ky.), 66 S. W. 278.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Isler v. GriffinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Caruthers v. LeonardTexas Commission of Appeals · 1923
  2. Consolidated School District No. 102 v. WalterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
  3. Cooper v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1932
  4. Evans v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
  5. Hobbs v. HoustonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943

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