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2018 Georgia Code 23-1-16 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 23 EQUITY

Section 1. General Provisions, 23-1-1 through 23-1-25.

23-1-16. Taking with notice of equity.

He who takes with notice of an equity takes subject to that equity.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 3024; Code 1868, § 3036; Code 1873, § 3091; Code 1882, § 3091; Civil Code 1895, § 3932; Civil Code 1910, § 4529; Code 1933, § 37-115.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Ordinarily proof of notice will avail nothing unless a party can couple such proof of notice with proof of a right, title, equity, claim or interest in the land in controversy. Hicks v. Smith, 205 Ga. 614, 54 S.E.2d 407 (1949).

Where a successor tenant in common acquired her interest by deed of gift, she took, not as a bona fide purchaser, but with notice of whatever equities the other original tenant in common had in the property. Bowers v. Bowers, 208 Ga. 85, 65 S.E.2d 153 (1951).

If after notice that one has made a contract to pass title to another to certain property, a third person cuts in, buys it, and takes a conveyance thereto, such person stands in the place of his vendor, and a court of equity, if it would decree specific performance of the contract by his vendor, will render a like decree against him. Pace v. Pace, 220 Ga. 66, 137 S.E.2d 28 (1964).

Construction with O.C.G.A.

§ 23-6-64. - Findings entered by a special master, which determined that the disputed portion of an alley belonged to a landowner, and not the neighbors, by operation of the landowner's prior recorded deed, was not clearly erroneous, as: (1) the landowner received the property via a valid deed; (2) the neighbors failed to put the landowner on notice of their claim; and (3) the neighbors' claim of possession and use was insufficient. Cernonok v. Kane, 280 Ga. 272, 627 S.E.2d 14 (2006).

Notice of restrictive covenant.

- Successor landowners were liable for breach of a restrictive covenant because, as buyers, they were charged with notice of the covenant in a recorded agreement, which required them to build a fence upon development of the property. Lesser v. Doughtie, 300 Ga. App. 805, 686 S.E.2d 416 (2009).

Genuine issue of fact as to inquiry notice of unrecorded deed.

- Trial court erred by granting summary judgment to the plaintiff because the record showed that there was an issue of fact as to whether the defendants' possession of the property put the plaintiff on inquiry notice of the defendants' title despite the defendants' deed not being recorded. Caraway v. Spillers, 332 Ga. App. 588, 774 S.E.2d 162 (2015).

Restrictive covenants in deed enforceable in equity.

- In a quiet title action commenced by a property purchaser, the restrictive covenants in a deed limiting the use of the land for a gas station were held enforceable in equity regardless of whether or not the burdens and benefits of the covenants ran with the land or were held in gross because it was undisputed that the purchaser had notice of them when it purchased the property. North Bay Avalon, LLLP v. Speedway, LLC, 340 Ga. App. 899, 797 S.E.2d 510 (2017).

Cited in Waynesboro Planing Mill v. Augusta Veneer Co., 35 Ga. App. 686, 134 S.E. 790 (1926); Voyles v. Carr, 173 Ga. 627, 160 S.E. 801 (1931); Carmichael Title Co. v. Yaarab Temple Bldg. Co., 177 Ga. 318, 170 S.E. 294 (1933); Toms v. Knighton, 199 Ga. 858, 36 S.E.2d 315 (1945); Shirling v. Hester, 201 Ga. 706, 40 S.E.2d 743 (1946); Smith v. Lanier, 202 Ga. 165, 42 S.E.2d 495 (1947); Stembridge v. Smith, 213 Ga. 227, 98 S.E.2d 609 (1957); Dollar v. Dollar, 214 Ga. 499, 105 S.E.2d 736 (1958); Williamson v. Floyd County Wildlife Ass'n, 215 Ga. 789, 113 S.E.2d 626 (1960); Bacote v. Wyckoff, 251 Ga. 862, 310 S.E.2d 520 (1984); Southeast Toyota Distribs., Inc. v. Fellton, 212 Ga. App. 23, 440 S.E.2d 708 (1994).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 27 Am. Jur. 2d, Equity, §§ 139, 167.

ALR.

- Right of one who, with knowledge of outstanding equity, derived his interest in real property from or through a bona fide purchaser, to same protection as latter, 63 A.L.R. 1362.

Check given in land transaction as sufficient writing to satisfy statute of frauds, 9 A.L.R.4th 1009.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 23-1-16 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 7

Reddick v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2025-01-28

Snippet: Code Section 16-3-20, 16-3-21, 16-3-23, 16-3-23.1, 16-3-24, or 17-4-20 shall be immune from criminal

Rector of Christ Church v. Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2011-11-21

Citation: 718 S.E.2d 237, 290 Ga. 95, 2011 Fulton County D. Rep. 3631, 2011 Ga. LEXIS 932

Snippet: who willfully misleads such party.” *150• OCGA §23-1-16 — “He who takes with notice of an equity takes

Nashville Restaurant Management, LLC v. Gwinnett County

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2011-02-28

Citation: 706 S.E.2d 451, 288 Ga. 664, 2011 Fulton County D. Rep. 398, 2011 Ga. LEXIS 143

Snippet: determine who takes subject to that equity. See OCGA § 23-1-16. Although appellant also argues that the trial

Cernonok v. Kane

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2006-02-27

Citation: 627 S.E.2d 14, 280 Ga. 272, 2006 Fulton County D. Rep. 581, 2006 Ga. LEXIS 144

Snippet: Cernonoks exclusively rely on OCGA §§ 23-1-16 and 23-1-17. OCGA § 23-1-16 provides that one who takes property

Recycle & Recover, Inc. v. Georgia Board of Natural Resources

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1996-01-22

Citation: 466 S.E.2d 197, 266 Ga. 253, 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 365, 1996 Ga. LEXIS 27

Snippet: health). [14] OCGA § 12-8-23. [15] OCGA § 12-8-23.1. [16] Cobb County v. Peavy, 248 Ga. 870, 872, 286

Bacote v. Wyckoff

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1984-01-05

Citation: 310 S.E.2d 520, 251 Ga. 862

Snippet: an equity takes subject to that equity." OCGA § 23-1-16 (Code Ann. § 37-115). "Notice sufficient to excite

Thomas v. Dickson

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1983-03-17

Citation: 301 S.E.2d 49, 250 Ga. 772, 1983 Ga. LEXIS 669

Snippet: Ed.), § 5911; 3B Moore’s Federal Practice, § 23.1.16 [1]; Eisenberg v. Flying Tiger Line, 451 F2d 267