Legal Opinion
Armour Fertilizer Works v. Maddox
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 13, 1929No. 6969PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
1. A special agent is one to whom there is a delegation of authority to do a single act. Civil Code (1910), § 3595; Foster v. Jones, 78 Ga. 150 (1 S. E. 275).
2. As a general rule, a special agent to collect a note is not authorized to receive anything as a payment thereon except actual cash. Bostick v. Hardy, 30 Ga. 836; Murray v. Walker, 44 Ga. 58; Walton Guano Co. v. McCall, 111 Ga. 114, 116 (36 S. E. 469). But where such special agent receives cotton as a payment upon a note held by him for collection for his principal, and the principal receives the same or its proceeds, and makes no…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Holmes v. Langston & WoodsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Warner v. HillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Merchants' Bank v. Central BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1846
- Steed v. CruiseSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
- Walton Guano Co. v. McCallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
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3Cited by12 opinions
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