Metcalf v. Hale

Mrs. Alice Hale brought suit in the city court of Atlanta against Georgia Power Company and John A. Metcalf, and alleged: that she, through her agent C. M. McIntyre Sr., contracted with Metcalf for the purchase from him of about thirty acres of land; that after plaintiff contracted for the sale of said land the defendant Metcalf conveyed to defendant Georgia Power Company the right to erect a transmission line through and over said land; that this was a fraudulent scheme between the defendants to injure and damage plaintiff; that soon after plaintiff’s agent moved on said land as a tenant of…