Morris v. McKee
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action on contract. Before Judge Turnbull. City court of Floyd county. June term, 1894. McKee sued Morris on the following contract: “ State of Georgia, Floyd county.
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Action on contract. Before Judge Turnbull. City court of Floyd county. June term, 1894. McKee sued Morris on the following contract: “ State of Georgia, Floyd county. Rome, Ga., April 12th, 1894. “This agreement entered into this day, between L. D. McKee of the first part, and George B. Morris of the (2d) second part, witnesseth : that L. I). McKee has this received of George B. Morris one hundred and twenty-five dollars, the receipt is hereby acknowledged, being part payment of ($2,000) two thousand dollars, for house and lot in 4th ward of the city of Rome, known as my home place. And the…
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Justice.
1. It is not essential to the mutuality of a contract that a single evidence thereof he signed by both of the parties. If there be two copies of the instrument, each containing all the mutual obligations between the parties, and these separate instruments he signed the one by one of the parties and the other hy the other of the parties to the contract, and they so signed be mutually interchanged between the parties, this is equivalent to a signing, either of both parties to both the instruments or both parties to one of the instruments. In other words, the obligation of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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