Low v. Argrove
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Meriwether Superior Court. Tried before Judge Bull, at August Term, 1859. This was a bill in equity by John Low against Allen Ar-grove and Mary Argrove, his wife, and Joel Hood and Mary A. Hood, his wife.
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In Equity, in Meriwether Superior Court. Tried before Judge Bull, at August Term, 1859. This was a bill in equity by John Low against Allen Ar-grove and Mary Argrove, his wife, and Joel Hood and Mary A. Hood, his wife. The bill, in substance, alleges that complainant, about the 1st December, 1853, purchased of Mary Burton a certain tract of land in the 10th district of Meriwether county, for the sum of $1,200 00; that immediately after said purchase, and before titles for said land had been executed by Mary Burton to complainant, he at the request and solicitation of said Mrs. Argrove and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
Stephens, J.,
delivering the opinion.
1. Where a promissory note does not state that it is given for any consideration, not even for value received, is an addition to it, stating truly that it is given for a certain tract of land, a material alteration? The addition is a material alteration just as certainly as the note is a material paper. Waiving the question as to the validity of the note, without *132the statement of any consideration, its effect was changed by stating that its consideration was a tract of land. The fact is a material fact, for it gives the vendor a lien on the land…
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