Ayers v. Claridy
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction and receiver. Before Judge Cobb. Gwinnett superior court. December 5, 1918. W. R. Claridy filed a petition in equity against John Ayers.
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Injunction and receiver. Before Judge Cobb. Gwinnett superior court. December 5, 1918. W. R. Claridy filed a petition in equity against John Ayers. T-he plaintiff alleged, that he rented fifty-one acres of land in Gwinnett county to the defendant for the year 1918; that the defendant was to pay him as rental one third of the corn, fodder, peas, and other products- raised on said farm during said year; that the defendant was to cultivate the bottom land in corn and the upland in peas, and in addition was' to open up the ditches on the farm and do such other work as was necessary and usual in…
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) According to the plaintiff’s allegations, the defendant should have made at least 600 bushels of corn, 6000 bundles of fodder, and 150 bushels of peas,- — -of the total value of $1650. For one third of this sum he prayed judgment against the defendant. How much is claimed as rent, and how much as damages on account of the alleged breach of the contract, it is impossible to tell. - It is, however, averred that the defendant actually made 100 or 125 bushels of corn on the rented premises; and it is admitted that the plaintiff elected to sue out a distress…
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