Gibson v. Carreker
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice. Demurrer. Administrators. Actions. Bonds for title. Damages. Demand. Pleadings. Yerdict. Before Grigsby E. Thomas, Esq., judge pro hac vice. Talbot superior court. March term, 1888. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
A. P. Carreker, as the administrator of the estate of Mrs. E. M. Wimberly, brought suit in Talbot superior court against T. N. Gibson, to recover damages arising from the breach of two bonds for titles to land, made by Gibson to his intestate, Mrs. Wimberly, in her lifetime. It appears from the testimony in the case that, on the 26th day of November, 1877, Gibson sold to Mrs. Wimberly eighty-two acres of land in and adjoining the village of Centreville in said county, for the price of $500. All of the purchase money was paid except $187.15, for which Mrs. Wimberly gave her…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Johnson v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
3Cited by3 opinions
- Bailey v. McAlpinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Gibson v. CarrekerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
- Peterson v. HarperCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1913