Peevy v. Wilkes

H. Y. Wilkes brought suit in the municipal court of Atlanta against H. R. Peevy for $279.90, alleging, in substance, that the defendant, acting as agent for the petitioner, secured from H. B. Clary a contract to purchase twenty acres, more or less, of land for $60 per acre; that after securing said sale contract from Clary, the defendant came to petitioner and told him that all he (plaintiff) would be- able to get out of the property would be $900 net to him, and, by reason of this representation, prevailed on petitioner to take the $900 fox said land; that this representation was false, and…