CHASTAIN v. PEEBLES

33817.

85 Ga. App. 274 (1952)

69 S.E.2d 105

CHASTAIN v. PEEBLES.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 23, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse J. Gainey, E. P. McCollum, for plaintiff in error.

C. E. Hay, contra.


WORRILL, J.

Where a vendor contracts to sell land for which he holds only an executory contract of purchase, and stipulates with his vendee to convey an insurable title by a specified day in the future, upon the strength of which he receives a part of the purchase price as earnest money, which money the contract provides shall be retained as a forfeiture by the vendor in case of a breach of the contract by the purchaser, and is to be returned to the vendee if the...

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