Howell v. Lawson
Cases that cite this one
12 later published cases cite this decision.
- Dixon v. Evans (Ga. 1966)
- Townsend v. McIntosh (Ga. 1949)
- N. B. Pannell, Jr. v. Continental Can Company, Inc. (5th Cir. 1977)
- Cox v. Hargrove (Ga. 1949)
- Patellis v. Tanner (Ga. 1944)
- Turpin v. County of Bibb (Ga. 1941)
- Coleman v. Durden (Ga. 1941)
- Bracewell v. Morton (Ga. 1941)
- Bracewell v. Morton (Ga. 1941)
- Dooley v. Bohannon (Ga. 1940)
- Lowe v. City of Atlanta (Ga. 1940)
- Bell v. Summerlin (Ga. 1939)
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Opinion of the Court
1. Where land is held by a life-tenant, and taxes are assessed against him and executions issued in personam only, a sale under the levy of such executions passes only the life-estate. Stone v. Franklin, 89 Ga. 195 (3) (15 S. E. 47); Clower v. Fleming, 81 Ga. 247 (2), 253 (7 S. E. 278); Gross v. Taylor, 81 Ga. 86 (6 S. E. 179); Roddenberry v. Simpson, 171 Ga. 715 (156 S. E. 583, 75 A. L. R. 414); Kirk v. Bray, 181 Ga. 814 (184 S. E. 733).
2. Tlie instant case is controlled by the principle above announced, and on its facts is distinguished from the cases of State v. Hancock, 79 Ga. 799 (5 S. E. 248); Barnes v. Lewis, 98 Ga. 558 (25 S. E. 589); Dawson v. Dawson, 106 Ga. 45 (32 S. E. 29).
3. The directed verdict was demanded by the evidence.
Judgment affirmed.
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