Wellmaker v. Wheatley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for specific performance. Before Judge Holden. Lincoln superior court. November 26, 1904. cited 88 Ga. 321; 104 Ga. 162; 111 Ga. 455; 115 Ga. 408; 116 Ga. 741; 6 L. R. A. 33; 11 Id. 805; 21 Id. 127, 132; 68 Ala. 124; 91 Ind. 151; 90 Mo. 184; 10 West. R. 564; 42 N. W. 962; 73 Ill. 453; 134 Mass. 555; 2 A. K. Marsh. 345; 125 Ill. 85; 1 A. & E. Enc. L. (1st ed.) 438. cited 111 Ga. 455; 43 Ga. 427; 52 Ga. 448; 65 Ga. 657; 101 Ga. 42; 118 Ga. 920; Civil Code, §§ 3675, 5201.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
Wheatley brought an action for the specific performance of an alleged contract for the purchase of land. The *202petition alleged the making of the contract, a' tender of the purchase-money, and the refusal of the defendant to accept the same and make the plaintiff a deed. The defendant demurred to the' petition, on the grounds, that no cause of action is set forth; the contract is unilateral; the petition fails to allege that the contract was in writing; and there is no allegation that the plaintiff prepared and tendered a deed to the defendant. The petition -was amended, and a writing of which…
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