Legal Opinion
Morehead v. Ayers
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 22, 1911PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Equitable petition. Before Judge Meadow. Hart superior court. March 21, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtEisn, C. J.
1. A right of action for injuries arising from fraud can not be assigned. Civil Code (1910), § 3055.
2. The right given by Civil Code (1910), § 4122, to a vendee of land sold by the tract or entire body, where the' quantity is specified as “more or less,” to have an apportionment of the price for a deficiency in the quantity specified so gross as to justify the suspicion of willful deception, or mistake amounting to fraud, arises only by reason of actual fraud and deception on the.part of the vendor (Montgomery v. Robertson, 134 Ga. 66 (67 S. E. 431); Currie v. Collins, ante, 473 (71 S. E.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Montgomery v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- Currie v. CollinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
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