Davis v. Tift
Supreme Court of Georgia
Debtor and Creditor.' Contracts. Statute of Frauds. Before Henry Morgan, Esq., Judge pro hac 'vice. Dougherty Superior Court. October Term, 1882. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
Wight applied to'his brother-in-law,.O. W. Tift, for the loan of a thousand dollars' to aid a firm in Chicago, of which he and Welch & Bacon, merchants of Albany, Ga., together with Scolly, were members. Tift was ■ willing to oblige him, but being unable to control his funds immediately (they being on deposit with N. &■ A. F. Tift & Co.), said to him, it he could get the money elsewhere,Tie would refund- it in a few days. Wight applied to Welch Bacon, made known to them these facts, and they advanced the amount charging it on their books to O. W. Tift, and looking to him to…
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