Case Name: Avera et al. v. Southern Mortgage Company
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1917-05-17
Citations: 147 Ga. 24
Docket Number: 
Parties: Avera et al. v. Southern Mortgage Company.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 147
Pages: 24–24

Head Matter:
Avera et al. v. Southern Mortgage Company.
May 17, 1917.
Claim. Before Judge Worrill. Terrell superior court. August 15, 1916.
M. O. Edwards and W. H. Gurr, for plaintiffs in error.
Yeomans é Wilkinson, contra.

Opinion:
Gilbert, J.
1. As an abstract principle of law, it was error to reject certain voluntary deeds, which had been recorded. But the error was harmless, since the record of a voluntary deed is not notice to an innocent third person who acquires for a valuable consideration a contract lien against the property. Actual notice is required by law, in order to give priority to a voluntary deed. Fleming v. Townsend, 6 Ga. 104 (50 Am. D. 318); Fowler v. Waldrip, 10 Ga. 350; Finch v. Woods, 113 Ga. 996 (39 S. E. 418) ; Civil Code (1910), § 4198.
2. Under the facts of this case, the court did not err in directing a.verdict for the plaintiff.
Judgment affirnied.
All the Justices concur.