Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Littleton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 7, 1944No. 14771PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Chief Justice.
A deed to land must be in writing, signed by the maker, attested by at least two witnesses, and delivered to the purchaser, or someone for him. Code, § 29-101. Delivery, actual or constructive, must be made during the lifetime of the grantor. Baxter v. Chapman, 147 Ga. 438 (94 S. E. 544); Ham v. Preston, 164 Ga. 682 (3) (139 S. E. 421).
In Wellborn v. Weaver, 17 Ga. 267 (5) (63 Am. D. 235), it was held that a deed delivered to a third person, as agent of the grantor, to be kept by him and delivered to the grantees after the grantor’s death, was not a present deed of the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hotaling v. HotalingCalifornia Supreme Court · 1924
- Wellborn v. WeaverSupreme Court of Georgia · 1855
- Snodgrass v. SnodgrassSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Guess v. MorganSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Hadaway v. HadawaySupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Thomas v. LockwoodSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Grice v. GriceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Corley v. ParsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Stinson v. GraySupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Domestic Loans of Washington, Inc. v. WilderCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
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