Maxwell v. Willingham
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action on contract. Before Judge Reese. Oglethorpe superior court. April term, 1896. This was a suit by W. M. Willingham, as executor of Willis Willingham, deceased, v. Edgar Maxwell, for $1,091.40 princir pal, brought March 25, 1895, upon the following contract entered into on January 5, 1895, between plaintiff and defendant: “ I this day bought from W. M. ■ Willingham, executor of Willis Willingham, late of said county, deceased, all that tract of land in said county known…
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Action on contract. Before Judge Reese. Oglethorpe superior court. April term, 1896. This was a suit by W. M. Willingham, as executor of Willis Willingham, deceased, v. Edgar Maxwell, for $1,091.40 princir pal, brought March 25, 1895, upon the following contract entered into on January 5, 1895, between plaintiff and defendant: “ I this day bought from W. M. ■ Willingham, executor of Willis Willingham, late of said county, deceased, all that tract of land in said county known as the Peterman tract, containing about one hundred, and fifty acres, at $5 per acre. The survey to be made by said…
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
Willingham, as executor of Willis Willing-ham, sold to Maxwell a tract of land, and Maxwell entered into *59the following agreement: “I have this day bought from W. M. Willingham, executor of Willis Willingham, all that tract of land in said county known as the Peterman tract, containing about one hundred and fifty acres, for five dollars per acre. The survey to be made by said executor and the land to be paid for according to the amount shown thereby. The sum of five hundred dollars to be paid in cash when the survey is made, and the deed tendered; with interest on deferred payments at 8 per…
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