Slappey v. Vining
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Before Judge Littlejohn. Macon superior court. May 12, 1920. R. A. Slappey'and George P. Slappey, infants under the age of 21 years, brought ejectment against J. B. Vining, to recover certain described land.
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Ejectment. Before Judge Littlejohn. Macon superior court. May 12, 1920. R. A. Slappey'and George P. Slappey, infants under the age of 21 years, brought ejectment against J. B. Vining, to recover certain described land. The land sued for was owned in fee simple and was in the possession of George PI. 'Slappej'', the grandfather of the plaintiffs, on April 15, 1881. On that date George H. Slappey executed and delivered to his son, G. R.' Slappey, at that time an unmarried man, a deed of which the following are the material parts: “To have and to hold the said lands, with all and singular the…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) Whether the plaintiffs in this case were entitled to recover depends upon the construction of the deed set forth in the statement of facts; and the precise question involved is whether, under the language of the deed, G. B. Slappey, the grantee in the deed, took a fee in the land, defeasible in case he should die without lawful child or children in life, or lineal descendants of children; or whether, as contended by the plaintiffs, the provision contained in the deed, that the lands conveyed should revert to the estate of the grantor, -George H. Slappey,…
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