Longino v. Latham

Judgment affirmed,.

The administrator of Fears sued for an unpaid balance on a promissory note which recited that it was “given for purchase money of lot 129 in 9th district of Fayette originally, now Campbell county, Georgia, containing 165 acres.” Defendants pleaded that plaintiff, on November 4, 1890, contracted to sell them 165 acres of land, part of land lot 129, in the Bed Oak district of Campbell county, for $2,035, of which they were to pay one third cash and give their notes for the balance; that they paid him the $680 cash and gave their note for the balance of $1,355, and he…