Epps v. Waring

Lumpkin, Justice.

Waring brought suit against Epps upon a promissory note which was one of a series given for the purchase of a city lot. The note contained this sentence: “ This note is given for the purchase money of a lot in Madison, Ga.” The defendant filed certain special pleas, which were stricken on motion of the plaintiff", and a verdict was then rendered in favor of the latter, the defendant introducing no evidence. The material allega*766tions of the special pleas were, in substance, as follows: The defendant had purchased from the plaintiff the lot in question under a parol contract, by…