Binding effect of covenants on grantee who accepts deed

When a grantee accepts a deed, he is bound by the covenants contained therein even though the deed has not been signed by him. (Civil Code 1895, § 3600; Civil Code 1910, § 4180; Code 1933, § 29-102; Ga. L. 1967, p. 592, § 1.) 418 History of Code section. — This Code section is derived from the decision in Georgia S.R.R. v. Reeves, 64 Ga. 492 (1879).