Legal Opinion
Peachtree Medical Building, Inc. v. Keel
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 1, 1963No. 39896PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carlisle, Presiding Judge.
A contract is an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some specified thing, Code § 20-101, and to constitute a valid contract there must be a subject matter upon which it can operate. Code § 20-107. In order that it may allege an agreement, a petition must set forth a contract of such certainty and completeness that either party may have a right of action upon it, Parks v. Harper, 43 Ga. App. 269 (158 SE 454), and a building contract, to be valid, must have the necessary element of certainty just as other contracts. Brown-Randolph Co.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Williams v. Manchester Building Supply Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1957
- Prior v. Hilton & Dodge Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- Jones v. ElyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1957
- Pepsi-Cola Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Weill v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Albee v. KrasnoffCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
- Owens v. American Refuse Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
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