Legal Opinion

Knight v. William Summerlin Co.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 24, 1969No. 44392PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Eberhardt, Judge.

By his written acceptance of the letter Knight assumed an unconditional obligation to pay a definite sum of money at definite times. He may not engraft upon it a provision converting the unconditional contract to pay into a conditional obligation by pleading a contemporaneous oral agreement to that effect. Lee v. Garland, 208 Ga. 251 (66 SE2d 223); Johnson v. Cobb, 100 Ga. 139, 141 (28 SE 72); Mansfield v. Barber, 59 Ga. 851; Mason v. Blayton, 119 Ga. App. 203 (166 SE2d 601). Nor could the alleged contemporaneous oral agreement be proven. Bullard v. Brewer, 118 Ga. 918 (45 SE…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Bullard v. BrewerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Johnson v. CobbSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  3. Langenback v. MaysSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  4. Martin v. MonroeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  5. Mason v. BlaytonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Ehlers v. ButlerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
  2. Armstrong v. LattimoreCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982

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