Aiken v. Weldon

Supreme Court of Georgia

Aiken v. Weldon

76 S.E. 359, 139 Ga. 15, 1912 Ga. LEXIS 505

CourtSupreme Court of Georgia

DecidedNovember 14, 1912

StatusPublished

Cited by7 cases

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Aiken v. Weldon, 76 S.E. 359, 139 Ga. 15, 1912 Ga. LEXIS 505 (Ga. 1912).

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Lumpkin, J.

1. This case is controlled by the ruling in Humtress v. Anderson, 110 Ga. 427 (35 S. E. 671, 78 Am. St. R. 105), where the decision in Love v. Anderson, 89 Ga. 612 (16 S. E. 68), was reviewed and overruled, and it was held that “a deed executed by the head of a family, purporting to convey land which had been . . set apart as a homestead under the constitution of 1868, while inoperative and ineffectual as to the homestead estate in existence when it was made, did pass to the grantee the ‘reversionary interest’ of the grantor in the land described.” This decision has since been followed. Goodell v. Hall, 112 Ga. 437 (37 S. E. 725); Walker v. Hodges, 113 Ga. 1042 (39 S. E. 480); Waters v. Waters, 124 Ga. 349 (52 S. E. 425).

2. Accordingly, where in a suit to recover land the petition showed that a homestead had been taken by the head of 'a family under the constitution of 1868, that pending the existence of the homestead estate the head of the family and his wife joined in a deed purporting to convey a fee-simple estate with warranty, and that after the termination of the homestead estate the heirs of the grantors brought suit against the grantees to recover possession of the land, the case was properly dismissed on demurrer.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

Complaint for land. Before Judge Daniel. Fayette superior court. September 29, 1911.

W. B. Hollingsworth, J. W. Culpepper, and Daley & Chambers, for plaintiffs. J. IF. Wise, for defendants.

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Lumpkin, J.

1. This case is controlled by the ruling in Humtress v. Anderson, 110 Ga. 427 (35 S. E. 671, 78 Am. St. R. 105), where the decision in Love v. Anderson, 89 Ga. 612 (16 S. E. 68), was reviewed and overruled, and it was held that “a deed executed by the head of a family, purporting to convey land which had been . . set apart as a homestead under the constitution of 1868, while inoperative and ineffectual as to the homestead estate in existence when it was made, did pass to the grantee the ‘reversionary interest’ of the grantor in the land described.” This decision has since been followed. Goodell v. Hall, 112 Ga. 437 (37 S. E. 725); Walker v. Hodges, 113 Ga. 1042 (39 S. E. 480); Waters v. Waters, 124 Ga. 349 (52 S. E. 425).

2. Accordingly, where in a suit to recover land the petition showed that a homestead had been taken by the head of 'a family under the constitution of 1868, that pending the existence of the homestead estate the head of the family and his wife joined in a deed purporting to convey a fee-simple estate with warranty, and that after the termination of the homestead estate the heirs of the grantors brought suit against the grantees to recover possession of the land, the case was properly dismissed on demurrer.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

Complaint for land. Before Judge Daniel. Fayette superior court. September 29, 1911.

W. B. Hollingsworth, J. W. Culpepper, and Daley & Chambers, for plaintiffs. J. IF. Wise, for defendants.

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