Clarke v. East Atlanta Land Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton superior court. May 8, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin,.P. J.
On the 1st day of April, 1880, JohnH. James made a deed, describing certain land in Fulton county, to “ Robert M. Clarke, trustee for his wife, Fannie Clarke, and the children she now has and may hereafter have by him.” This deed purported *23to convey the land “unto the said trustee and his successors in trust for the sole use and benefit of his said wife and children forever in fee simple, and with full power and authority in said trustee and his successors, upon the written consent of said Fannie Clarke, to sell said property, or any part thereof, at public or private sale, upon…
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