Douglass v. Williams Art Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for breach of (Contract. Before Judge Gilbert. Bibb superior court. February 10, 1914. C. H. Douglass brought suit against the W. L. Williams Art Company, and alleged substantially as follows: On or about August 13, 1913, the defendant, acting through its president, W. L. Williams, and its duly authorized agent, C. Watson Jones, entered into a contract with the plaintiff, whereby it sold to him 1,000 certain advertising tickets, bearing defendant’s name thereon, for…
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Action for breach of (Contract. Before Judge Gilbert. Bibb superior court. February 10, 1914. C. H. Douglass brought suit against the W. L. Williams Art Company, and alleged substantially as follows: On or about August 13, 1913, the defendant, acting through its president, W. L. Williams, and its duly authorized agent, C. Watson Jones, entered into a contract with the plaintiff, whereby it sold to him 1,000 certain advertising tickets, bearing defendant’s name thereon, for the purchase-price of $20, and obligated itself by a written agreement made and delivered to the plaintiff, which is as…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts,) The plaintiff must stand or fall by the caserns made by his petition. He does not sue upon a parol contract entered into between himself and' the defendant, and breached by the latter; but he sues upon what he terms “a written agreement” which is set out in the foregoing statement of facts. A contract is an agreement between two or more parties' for the doing or. not doing of some specified thing. There is no difference' between a “contract” and an “agreement.” 1 Words & Phrases (2d series), 171-172. Turner v. Lorillard Co., 100 Ga. 645 (28 S. E. 383, 62…
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