2021 Georgia Code
Title 44 - Property
Chapter 6 - Estates
Article 3 - Estates Granted Upon Conditions
§ 44-6-43. Certain Conditions Void
Conditions which are repugnant to the estate granted, which require impossible or illegal acts to be performed, or which in themselves are contrary to the policy of the law are void.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 2277; Code 1868, § 2270; Code 1873, § 2296; Code 1882, § 2296; Civil Code 1895, § 3138; Civil Code 1910, § 3718; Code 1933, § 85-903.)
Law reviews.- For annual survey of wills, trusts, and administration, see 43 Mercer L. Rev. 457 (1991). For summary review article on zoning and land use law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 457 (2008). For comment criticizing Williams v. S.M. High Co., 200 Ga. 230, 36 S.E.2d 667 (1946), holding perpetual right of renewal in lease granted to corporation did not violate rule against perpetuities, see 8 Ga. B.J. 420 (1946). For comment on Jenkins v. Shuften, 206 Ga. 315, 57 S.E.2d 283 (1950), see 12 Ga. B.J. 477 (1950). For comment, "Injunction Remedy for Breach of Restrictive Covenants: An Economic Analysis," see 45 Mercer L. Rev. 543 (1993).
JUDICIAL DECISIONSANALYSIS
- General Consideration
- Conditions Void
- Conditions Not Void
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 28 Am. Jur. 2d, Estates, §§ 154 et seq., 192 et seq.
C.J.S.- 26A C.J.S., Deeds, §§ 310 et seq., 324, 325, 345 et seq. 31 C.J.S., Estates, § 21 et seq. 96 C.J.S., Wills, §§ 1215 et seq., 1231. 97 C.J.S., Wills, §§ 1383 et seq., 1412, 1415 et seq.
ALR.
- Restraint upon voluntary alienation of legal life estate, 160 A.L.R. 639.
Provision of will for forfeiture in case of contest, as applied to contest by one not a beneficiary, 7 A.L.R.2d 1357.
Gift or grant in terms sufficient to carry the whole property absolutely as so operating where followed by a purported limitation over of property not disposed of by the first taker, 17 A.L.R.2d 7.
Validity and effect of provision or condition against alienation in gift for charitable trust or to charitable corporation, 100 A.L.R.2d 1208.
Pre-emptive rights to realty as violation of rule against perpetuities or rule concerning restraints on alienation, 40 A.L.R.3d 920.
