Hennon v. Gresham

Grice, Justice.

If the plaintiff has a case, it is because of the oral agreement set up in his amendment, since the writing signed by the parties lacks at least one vital essential, to wit, a definite description of the land, or at least a key to its identification. Douglass v. Bunn, 110 Ga. 159 (35 S. E. 339); Tippins v. Phillips, 123 Ga. 415 (51 S. E. 410). There is no prayer to reform it, even if it be conceded that the petition contains sufficient averments to authorize reformation. The oral contract was of a dual nature. It provided that Gresham would rent the land to Hennon for a certain…