Case Name: Ray, by Guardian, v. Ashburn Bank
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1955-10-13
Citations: 212 Ga. 37
Docket Number: 19110
Parties: Ray, by Guardian, v. Ashburn Bank.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 212
Pages: 37–37

Head Matter:
19110.
Ray, by Guardian, v. Ashburn Bank.
Argued September 14, 1955
Decided October 13, 1955
Rehearing denied November 16, 1955.
James H. Pate, for plaintiff in error.
John R. Rogers, contra.

Opinion:
Duckworth, Chief Justice.
Where, as here, stipulated facts show that the defendant in fi. fa. conveyed the land levied upon to a claimant for a valuable consideration, the deed containing a clause to the effect that the grantor reserved the right to occupy the conveyed land without paying rent "so long as he desires to do so," the reservation is not a life estate, since by its plain terms it may be terminated at will; and it was therefore not subject to the levy, and the court erred in ruling against the claimant. Code § 61-101; Harber & Brother v. Nash, 126 Ga. 777 (55 S. E. 928). Compare Mitchell v. Spillers, 203 Ga. 565 (47 S. E. 2d 564).
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur.