United Leather Co. v. Proudfit
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Mathews. Bibb superior court. August 21, 1920. United Leather Company, a Georgia corporation, brought an equitable petition against Mrs. Bessie N. Proudfit, to recover $2044.44 damages for breach of an alleged contract, or to reform the contract.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Mathews. Bibb superior court. August 21, 1920. United Leather Company, a Georgia corporation, brought an equitable petition against Mrs. Bessie N. Proudfit, to recover $2044.44 damages for breach of an alleged contract, or to reform the contract. The petition alleged, in substance, that Willingham Loan & Trust Company, as agent for Mrs. Proudfit, executed a contract for and in behalf of Mrs. Proudfit, by which a certain storehouse situated in the city of Macon was leased to the plaintiff for the term of five years commencing October 1, 1919, and ending…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
Willingham Loan & Trust Co., as agent for Mrs. Proudfit, executed a lease contract under seal for a certain store*405house for the term of five years, and took notes, as agent, from the lessee, United Leather Co., payable to the principal each month. No authority from the principal to execute the contract under seal appears from the petition. Was the contract, therefore, invalid because authority under seal from the principal to the agent to execute the contract did not accompany the instrument?
A deed to lands is not required to be under seal in this State. Civil Code (1910), § 4179; Atlanta &c.…
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