Land Title Warranty & Safe Deposit Co. v. Tanner
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Lumpkin. Eulton superior court. March term, 1896. The Land Title Warranty & Safe Deposit Oo. brought its petition against G. TI. Tanner, to which the defendant demurred generally. The demurrer was sustained, and plaintiff excepted.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Lumpkin. Eulton superior court. March term, 1896. The Land Title Warranty & Safe Deposit Oo. brought its petition against G. TI. Tanner, to which the defendant demurred generally. The demurrer was sustained, and plaintiff excepted. The petition alleged: On March 30, 1887, petitioner was incorporated under the laws of Georgia, with the following among other powers and rights: To furnish abstracts of title to realty in Georgia, the purpose being to furnish to intending purchasers, borrowers and others haying legal and proper interest in the question, correct and…
1Opinion of the Court
.Atkinson, Justice.
1. When this case came on to be heard, counsel for plaintiffs in error asked permission to review the decision of *478this court in the case of Buck & Spencer v. Collins, 51 Ga. 391, and moved to overrule the principle of that decision. Leave was granted as prayed, but upon a careful examination of that decision, and the reasoning upon which it pi'oceeds, the motion to overrule it is denied, and the principle announced in that case is reaffirmed.
2, 3, 4. The doctrine of that case is controlling upon the questions made in this, except in so far as plaintiffs in error predicate a…
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