Verdery v. Barrett
Supreme Court of Georgia
Amendment. Contract. Limitation. Practice. Before Judge Eve. City court of Ricbmond county. November term, 1891. Barrett sued Verdery on February 29, 1887, alleging that Verdery was indebted to him $500 besides interest, for that, on the-day of February, 1892, Verdery agreed to pay $500 for an interest in the patent right for Georgia of the American Electric Light Company of New York, including all the patents specified in the deed to Barrett, and that the defendant had been…
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Amendment. Contract. Limitation. Practice. Before Judge Eve. City court of Ricbmond county. November term, 1891. Barrett sued Verdery on February 29, 1887, alleging that Verdery was indebted to him $500 besides interest, for that, on the-day of February, 1892, Verdery agreed to pay $500 for an interest in the patent right for Georgia of the American Electric Light Company of New York, including all the patents specified in the deed to Barrett, and that the defendant had been repeatedly called, upon to pay said sum, but had refused and failed to do so. The defendant demurred to the declaration…
1Opinion of the Court
*349 Judgment affirmed,.
The defendexxt then demurred to the petitioxx as amended, because (1) it appears that at the time of the alleged sale the plaintiff did not own the patent rights the purchase money of which is sued for, and it is not alleged that he ever delivered or . tendered any interest in them, or complied or offered to comply with his contract of sale; and (2) he has not annexed to the petition a copy of the deéd to himself under which he claims to have the title to the patent rights alleged to have been sold to the defendant. Thereupon the plaintiff offered the following amendment,…
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