Hill v. O'Bryan Bros.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Fite. Whitfield superior ■court. April term, 1897. In 1888 R. H. Baker sold land to Ledford & Ridley for $2,-000, executing to them a bond for title, and agreeing to deliver possession of the land on January 1,1889; the purchasers agreeing to pay $500 cash on the delivery of possession, and giving for the balance of the purchase-money three promissory notes, each for $500, due respectively in 1890, 1891, and 1892. The cash payment was made,…
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Fite. Whitfield superior ■court. April term, 1897. In 1888 R. H. Baker sold land to Ledford & Ridley for $2,-000, executing to them a bond for title, and agreeing to deliver possession of the land on January 1,1889; the purchasers agreeing to pay $500 cash on the delivery of possession, and giving for the balance of the purchase-money three promissory notes, each for $500, due respectively in 1890, 1891, and 1892. The cash payment was made, and the purchasers took possession of the laird, and conducted thereon a farm and mercantile business. Ledford…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
The official report, with such additional facts as are brought out in this opinion, is sufficient to a clear understanding of the rulings embodied in the headnotes.
1. Section 5484 of the Civil Code declares that “All applications for a new trial, except in extraordinary cases, must be *141made during the term at which the'trial was had; and when the term continues longer than thirty days, the application shall be filed within thirty days from the trial,” etc. It appears from the record in this case, that Hill, one of the plaintiffs in error, was not a party to the original suit which was brought…
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