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Call Now: 904-383-7448A decree for specific performance shall operate as a deed to convey land or other property without any conveyance being executed by the vendor. The decree, certified by the clerk, shall be recorded in the registry of deeds in the county where the land lies and shall stand in the place of a deed. In all other cases where a judgment directs a party to perform other specific acts and the party fails to comply within the time specified, the court may direct the acts to be done at the cost of the disobedient party by some other person appointed by the court; and acts when so done have like effect as if done by the party. The court may also in proper cases adjudge the party in contempt. If real or personal property is within the state, the court in lieu of directing a conveyance thereof may enter a judgment divesting the title of any party and vesting it in others; and the judgment has the effect of a conveyance executed in due form of law. When any order or judgment is for the delivery of possession, the party in whose favor it is entered is entitled to a writ of execution upon oral or written application to the clerk.
(Ga. L. 1966, p. 609, § 70.)
- For provisions of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 70, and annotations pertaining thereto, see 28 U.S.C.
Divorce decree placing title to property in wife is just as valid as deed from husband would have been. Elrod v. Elrod, 231 Ga. 222, 200 S.E.2d 885 (1973).
- Husband's quitclaim deed of property to his second wife did not take priority over a recorded divorce decree stating that the husband had only a life estate in the property with his two children from his first marriage as remaindermen. Price v. Price, 286 Ga. 753, 692 S.E.2d 601 (2010).
- Decree for specific performance operates as a deed and should therefore contain a description as definite as that required to support a deed. Plantation Land Co. v. Bradshaw, 232 Ga. 435, 207 S.E.2d 49 (1974); Scheinfeld v. Murray, 267 Ga. 622, 481 S.E.2d 194 (1997).
Because there was no clear identification of the land to be conveyed in a parents' divorce settlement, their son was not entitled to a decree of specific performance under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-70. Haffner v. Davis, 290 Ga. 753, 725 S.E.2d 286 (2012).
Suit for specific performance is prematurely brought when time for performance has not yet arrived. Kirkland v. Morris, 233 Ga. 597, 212 S.E.2d 781 (1975).
Superior court order reconveying land to a vendor under an option to repurchase is not one of specific performance and does not act as a deed to convey when the order makes the reconveyance of the land contingent on a sum of money being paid into the court registry. The court's order does not become a decree of specific performance until the contingency is met. Nelson v. Smothers, 168 Ga. App. 120, 308 S.E.2d 239 (1983).
Cited in McMichael Realty & Ins. Agency, Inc. v. Tysinger, 155 Ga. App. 131, 270 S.E.2d 88 (1980); Bootery, Inc. v. Cumberland Creek Properties, Inc., 271 Ga. 271, 517 S.E.2d 68 (1999).
- 71 Am. Jur. 2d, Specific Performance, § 134 et seq.
- 35B C.J.S., Federal Civil Procedure, §§ 1307, 1309. 81A C.J.S., Specific Performance, §§ 1 et seq., 128 et seq.
- Rights and remedies respecting improvements made in reliance on a decree or order as to title or possession of real property which is subsequently reversed, 30 A.L.R. 936.
Reversal as affecting purchase of property involved in suit, pending appeal without supersedeas, 36 A.L.R. 421.
Inability to comply with judgment or order as defense to charge of contempt, 120 A.L.R. 703.
Judgment in replevin as implying a direction for return of property, 144 A.L.R. 1149.
Total Results: 5
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2012-03-23
Citation: 725 S.E.2d 286, 290 Ga. 753, 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 1099, 2012 Ga. LEXIS 331
Snippet: conveyance being executed by the vendor." OCGA § 9-11-70. Because it operates as a deed, a decree for specific
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2010-03-22
Citation: 692 S.E.2d 601, 286 Ga. 753, 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 869, 2010 Ga. LEXIS 275
Snippet: 173 Ga.App. 43, 325 S.E.2d 455 (1984); OCGA § 9-11-70. Therefore, as of 1973, Cullen Price had a life
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2009-02-09
Citation: 673 S.E.2d 221, 285 Ga. 22, 2009 Fulton County D. Rep. 416, 2009 Ga. LEXIS 40
Snippet: performance vesting title in Deutsche Bank under OCGA § 9-11-70, and damages for bad faith. On May 25, 2007, Davis
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1999-06-01
Citation: 517 S.E.2d 68, 271 Ga. 271, 99 Fulton County D. Rep. 2066, 1999 Ga. LEXIS 505
Snippet: 764 (1961). Although Appellees rely on OCGA § 9-11-70, that Code section applies only after a judgment
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1997-01-21
Citation: 481 S.E.2d 194, 267 Ga. 622, 97 Fulton County D. Rep. 202, 1997 Ga. LEXIS 17
Snippet: specific performance operates as a deed (OCGA § 9-11-70), the description in the decree should be as definite