Case Name: McGHEE v. BROWN
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1979-10-16
Citations: 244 Ga. 478
Docket Number: 35316
Parties: McGHEE v. BROWN.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 244
Pages: 478–478

Head Matter:
35316.
McGHEE v. BROWN.
Submitted August 31, 1979
Decided October 16, 1979.
J. W. Yarbrough, for appellant.
William W. Keith, III, for appellee.

Opinion:
Undercofler, Presiding Justice.
Grace McGhee Brown, a remainderman, sued her stepmother, Eunice McGhee, the life tenant, to enjoin her from committing waste in cutting timber. Eunice McGhee, appellant here, counterclaimed to enjoin Grace McGhee Brown from interfering with her possession, to partition the property, and for reimbursement of taxes, insurance, and cost of repairs. The trial court granted appellee a partial summary judgment dismissing appellant's counterclaim for partition. She appeals. We affirm. Although a life tenant, in the proper circumstances, may seek partition, it may not, as appellant here insists, be accomplished by the life tenant acquiring a portion of the land in fee simple. Compare Williams v. Calieran, 230 Ga. 56 (195 SE2d 413) (1973).
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.