McLaughlin v. Blount
Supreme Court of Georgia
Principal and agent. Charge of Court. New trial. Before Judge Crawford. Marion Superior' Court. April Term, 1878. To the report contained in the decision,'it is only necessary to add the following: Mrs. Blount et al. were the plaintiffs. Blount, her husband, had been her general agent for collection of debts, etc. McLaughlin, the defendant, pleaded payment.
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Principal and agent. Charge of Court. New trial. Before Judge Crawford. Marion Superior' Court. April Term, 1878. To the report contained in the decision,'it is only necessary to add the following: Mrs. Blount et al. were the plaintiffs. Blount, her husband, had been her general agent for collection of debts, etc. McLaughlin, the defendant, pleaded payment. The following facts appeared on the trial: Defendant offered to settle the note sued on with Blount, the agent, and offered to transfer to him certain property for that purpose, consisting of land and a note on one McCurdy ; Blount…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
The plaintiffs brought their action against the defendant on a promissory note for the sum of $2,411.62, besides interest. The defendant pleaded payment of the note. On the trial of the case the jury, under the charge of the court, found a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs. The defendant made a motion for a new trial on the grounds therein stated, which was overruled, and the defendant excepted.
1. The only ground of error insisted on here, is the following charge of the court, as to the authority of Blount, the agent, to receive anything but money in payment of the…
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