Southern Express Co. v. Dufrey
Supreme Court of Georgia
Deed. Consideration. Duress. Before Judge Green. Spalding Superior Court. February Term, 1872. The Southern Express Company, brought complaint against Elizabeth Duffey for a lot of land situated in the city of Griffin, and for mesne profits from March 13th, 1869. To the declaration was annexed, as an abstract of title, a statemept of a deed purporting to have been made by defendant on the 13th of March, 1869, conveying the premises in dispute to plaintiff.
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Deed. Consideration. Duress. Before Judge Green. Spalding Superior Court. February Term, 1872. The Southern Express Company, brought complaint against Elizabeth Duffey for a lot of land situated in the city of Griffin, and for mesne profits from March 13th, 1869. To the declaration was annexed, as an abstract of title, a statemept of a deed purporting to have been made by defendant on the 13th of March, 1869, conveying the premises in dispute to plaintiff. The defendant pleaded that she was not in possession of any land in the city of Griffin, to which the plaintiff had a legal title; that…
1Opinion of the Court
' McCay, Judge.
1. There is really but one point in this case. The admission of the statements of the two minor local agents of the company, even if not authorized by law, was immaterial, as the case is, in our judgment, with the defendant below, even on the evidence of -the plaintiff. Nor were these statements improperly admitted. They were a part of the negotiations and communications between Mrs. Duffey and the principal authorized superintendent, and- the whole transaction could not have been fairly before the Court with these statements left out. They were re-, ferred to in the talk…
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