Blue v. Ford
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint, in Dooly Superior Court. Tried before Judge Powers. April Term, 1852. This was an action brought by the plaintiff in error, against the defendant, upon an open account, under the form prescribed by the Act of 1847. On the trial, it appeared in evidence, that the plaintiff taught school in the year 185 — , and the defendant, as executor, had the management of the minor children of James Buckalew, and sent them to school to the plaintiff.
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Complaint, in Dooly Superior Court. Tried before Judge Powers. April Term, 1852. This was an action brought by the plaintiff in error, against the defendant, upon an open account, under the form prescribed by the Act of 1847. On the trial, it appeared in evidence, that the plaintiff taught school in the year 185 — , and the defendant, as executor, had the management of the minor children of James Buckalew, and sent them to school to the plaintiff. It also appeared that the defendant signed “ school articles,” and that the plaintiff was prevented from teaching the whole time stipulated, by…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Nisbet, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] This was a complaint on account, according to the form *46prescribed by the Act of 1847. To the declaration was appended a bill of particulars, setting forth the defendant’s indebtedness to the plaintiff, for the tuition of three children, for six months, at the rate of one dollar per month. Upon the trial, it came out in evidence, from the plaintiff’s witness, that the defendant had signed what he (the witness) called school articles. Upon motion, the Court granted a verdict for the defendant, upon the ground that there being a special contract…
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