Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Howell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 15, 1878PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Principal and agent. Contracts. Powers. Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta. December Term, 1877. Eeported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
Mrs. Phillips, joining her husband in the action, sued E. P. Howell for the recovery of one thousand dollars on the following receipt: “Atlanta, Georgia, April 17th, 1876. Received of Mrs. Mary S. Phillips, one thousand dollars for the purpose of effecting a settlement of a civil suit for damages instituted by Nancy L. Ray vs. W. R. Phillips, Jr., pending in Eulton superior court — said suit to be settled during the present term of said court if possible, and for the sum of one thousand dollars, and in the event the same is not settled for said sum, and on terms to her every…
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