Baggett v. Trulock
Supreme Court of Georgia
Interest and Usury. Title. Deeds. Evidence. Witness. Before Judge Bower. Decatur Superior Court, May Term, 1886. G. B. Trulock filed Ms bill against W. E. Baggett and Ms wife, Martha J. Baggett, alleging, in brief, as follows: W. E. Baggett purchased from one Harrell ten acres of land, described as being in lot number 30 of the 19th district of Decatur county.
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Interest and Usury. Title. Deeds. Evidence. Witness. Before Judge Bower. Decatur Superior Court, May Term, 1886. G. B. Trulock filed Ms bill against W. E. Baggett and Ms wife, Martha J. Baggett, alleging, in brief, as follows: W. E. Baggett purchased from one Harrell ten acres of land, described as being in lot number 30 of the 19th district of Decatur county. The line of the lot sold was described as a line which had been long recognized as a boundary between lots 30 and 29. In 1882, Baggett made a deed to complainant to the same land. Subsequently the surveyor made a survey of the line…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1 Trulock obtained a deed from Baggett conveying to him certain land. The question afterwards arose as to *373■whether the deed was taken in payment of a debt, or as security for its payment.
The debt had usury in it. Trulock contended that the deed was taken in payment, but he was the witness, and he testified that before he received the deed, he agreed that he would convey the land back on payment of the debt. There was something said about his giving a bond for titles, but he replied, his word was his bond; and so no bond for titles was given; but he does not dispute…
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