Burdette v. Crawford
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for breach of contract. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton superior court. April 3, 1905. J. P. Burdette brought suit, in 1903, against J. B. Crawford and Nancy Crawford, and alleged: In November, 1896, petitioner and defendants orally agreed that petitioner should buy a certain lot from defendants, for the sum of $150, payable at the end of ten years.
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Action for breach of contract. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton superior court. April 3, 1905. J. P. Burdette brought suit, in 1903, against J. B. Crawford and Nancy Crawford, and alleged: In November, 1896, petitioner and defendants orally agreed that petitioner should buy a certain lot from defendants, for the sum of $150, payable at the end of ten years. Petitioner was to erect a threé-room house, and dig a well on the premises, and occupy the same, paying to defendants $16 per year as interest upon the purchase price until said sum was paid. Petitioner borrowed $50 from defendants to be used…
1Opinion of the Court
Cobb, 3?. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) In one ground of the motion for a new trial complaint is made that the court erred in allowing an amendment to the answer of the defendant, “over the plaintiff’s objection.” It does not appear from the motion what was the objection urged. It is argued in the brief that the amendment was not verified in the manner required by the act of 1897 (Acts 1897, p. 35, Van Epps’ Code Supp. §6199.) The objection set up in the brief can not be considered, for the reason that it does not appear from the record that this objection was made at the time the…
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