Rich v. Rawleigh Co.

*578ON MOTION ROE REHEARING.

Jenkins, P. J.

Movants contend that the court, in divisions 2 and 2(a) of the syllabus, overlooked Hentz v. Booze, 8 Ga. App. 577 (70 S. E. 108), and Roberts v. Arnall, 9 Ga. App. 328 (71 S. E. 590), and the elementary rule stated in those cases that parol evidence is admissible to show that the object or consideration of a written contract, lawful on its face, was in fact illegal. That principle was not overlooked, but is without application under the allegations made in the answer. “When a contract is valid upon its face, or, when taken in the light of the…