Legal Opinion

Goette v. Sutton

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 15, 1907PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Petition for injunction. Before Judge Seabrook. Chatham superior court. September 8, 1906.

1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.

1, 2. The propositions stated in the first and second headnotes are sustained by the able and elaborate opinion of Mr. Justice Lumpkin in the recent case Kendall v. Wells, 126 Ga. 343.

3. The consideration of a deed may be always inquired into when the principles of justice require it. Civil Code, §3599: If' a deed purports to convey two pieces of property for a stated sum of money as the consideration, parol evidence is admissible to show what was the real transaction between the parties as to the amount to be paid for the different pieces of property described in the conveyance. The terms of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Kendall v. WellsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Wellmaker v. WheatleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  3. Carhart, Bros. & Co. v. WynnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1857

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Stonecypher v. Georgia Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1936
  2. Coldwell Co. v. CowartSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
  3. Simmons v. International Harvester Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
  4. Read v. GouldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
  5. Hancock v. Nashville Investment Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1973

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