Andrews v. Atlanta Real Estate Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton county. June 8, 1893. The object pf the petition was, to restrain the defendant corporation from transferring negotiable notes given by plaintiff for the purchase price of land, it being admitted that the corporation is insolvent if its title to this and other land held by it is not good, plaintiff holding its bond for title and fearing it could not make him a good title on his compliance with the bond.
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Petition for injunction. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton county. June 8, 1893. The object pf the petition was, to restrain the defendant corporation from transferring negotiable notes given by plaintiff for the purchase price of land, it being admitted that the corporation is insolvent if its title to this and other land held by it is not good, plaintiff holding its bond for title and fearing it could not make him a good title on his compliance with the bond. The prayer for injunction was denied. For the other facts see the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
The deed to be construed purports on its face to have been made by Henry B. Plant and Margaret J. Plant, his wife, parties of the first part, in consideration of the *261sum of $102,625.70 to them in hand paid by William T. Walters, the same Henry B. Plant, and Benjamin F. Newcomer, trustees, parties of the second part. It purports to have been signed, sealed and delivered by the two persons named as parties of the first part. The receipt of the consideration is acknowledged on the face of the deed. The property is conveyed to the persons mentioned as parties of the second…
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