Lewis v. Christian
Supreme Court of Georgia
Rent. ' Equity. Demurrer. Decided by Judge Johnson. Chattahoochee Superior Court. September Term, 1869. On the 4th of February, 1868, Mrs. Lewis, with A. M. Christian and R. B. Green, made a contract by which she allowed them the use of her land and certain mules, and food for them, plows and gear for that year, and they were to furnish hands, repair the fencing, cultivate said land, and divide equally, with her the crop, etc.
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Rent. ' Equity. Demurrer. Decided by Judge Johnson. Chattahoochee Superior Court. September Term, 1869. On the 4th of February, 1868, Mrs. Lewis, with A. M. Christian and R. B. Green, made a contract by which she allowed them the use of her land and certain mules, and food for them, plows and gear for that year, and they were to furnish hands, repair the fencing, cultivate said land, and divide equally, with her the crop, etc. In November, 1868, she filed her bill, complaining that they took possession of her said property under said contract, she complied fully with her said undertakings,…
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
The complainant, by her bill, alleges that she has been damaged by the defendants $1,500 00 or $2,000 00 in consequence of their bad management and failure to perform their part of the contract, and that the defendants are insolvent. The prayer of the bill is, that they may be restrained from removing their share of the cotton from the plantation until the damages sustained by the complainant can be ascer*189tained and decreed to be paid. In our judgment the complainant’s remedy at law would not have been as complete or effectual as it would be in a Court of Equity, the defendants being…
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