Veal v. Hurt
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ilnsband and wife. Principal and surety. Contracts. .Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta. December Term, 187?^ To the report contained-in the opinion it is only necessary to add that after verdict for defendant, plaintiff moved for a new trial on the following, among other grounds : (1.) Because the court erred in charging the jury as follows : “If you believe from the evidence that defendant’s husband had previously contracted for or contemplated the purchase of a…
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Ilnsband and wife. Principal and surety. Contracts. .Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta. December Term, 187?^ To the report contained-in the opinion it is only necessary to add that after verdict for defendant, plaintiff moved for a new trial on the following, among other grounds : (1.) Because the court erred in charging the jury as follows : “If you believe from the evidence that defendant’s husband had previously contracted for or contemplated the purchase of a photograph car on his own account for the sum of $300.00, and the plaintiff had notice of this, and after such notice let…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Justice,
The facts make the following case: The husbard tried to borrow money from the plaintiff to pay for a car to take photographic pictures, which he had contracted for, and for which he was to pay $300.00, the amount he desired to borrow. He was refused. He then proposed to bring the lender a note for that sum signed by the wife as borrower, and secured by a power of attorney from the wife to the lender to sell her real estate in Atlanta, and pay the note if not paid. The note was to bear interest at 33 per cent, per annum. This was agreed, and the contract was consummated. One…
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