Harris v. Hines
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. Practice in the Superior Court. Before Judge Clark. Lee Superior Court. March Term, 1877. - • It is to be inferred from the record that a bill for injunction had been filed by Harris against one McLeod and Richardson as agent of Hines,- a Texan ; the bill itself is not in the record.
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Equity. Practice in the Superior Court. Before Judge Clark. Lee Superior Court. March Term, 1877. - • It is to be inferred from the record that a bill for injunction had been filed by Harris against one McLeod and Richardson as agent of Hines,- a Texan ; the bill itself is not in the record. On March 25,1867, Richardson filed an answer alleging, in brief, as follows: In 1859, he, as agent, sold to McLeod the land involved in this controversy; he took notes for the purchase money, and gave bond for titles. The notes were never paid; McLeod was unable to pay them ; the parties agreed to rescind…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
Harris filed a bill against McLeod and Richardson, as agent for Hines, who resided in Texas, to quiet the possession of a certain tract of land Harris bought of McLeod, and McLeod of Richardson, as agent, the title being in Hines. This bill was brought to Lee superior court in 1867, and Richardson answered it, but set up no equitable set-off, and prayed for no relief at all in the answer; but the an swer was simply and solely defensive to the bill, and the only prayer therein was the usual prayer to be dismissed with costs. Afterwards Richardson died, and in 1874 Hines moved to…
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