Legal Opinion

Strickland v. Gray

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 4, 1896PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Complaint for land. Before Judge Eeese, Madison superior court. March, term, 1895.

1Opinion of the Court

Simmons, Chief Justice.

Strickland was the owner of one hundred acres of land,- and being indebted to Gray upon a promissory note- for $350, it was arranged between them and Mrs. Strickland, the debtor’s wife, that he should sell and convey the land to her for $450, that she should pay $100 of this amount in cash and should give her note for the remainder to Gray, who should surrender Strickland’s note; and that as security for her note to Gray she should execute a conveyance of the land to him, taking a bond from him to reconvey upon the payment of her note. This arrangement was carried out,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Daniel v. RoyceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Simmons v. International Harvester Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
  2. Taylor v. American Freehold Land Mortgage Co. of London Ltd.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  3. Bateman v. Cherokee Fertilizer Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
  4. Anderson v. HigginbothamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1932
  5. Robinson Co. v. RiceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1929

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