Brooks v. Miller
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint for damages.. Before Judge Norwood. City court of Savannah. July term, 1897. Clayton P. Miller sued F. X. Mousseau, Sarah Mousseau, and Benjamin R. Dillon, for $8,700 damages from an alleged breach of contract, alleging, that on March 15, 1888, the defendants agreed in writing with the plaintiff to sell him their undivided four-fifths interest in 84 lots of land, described as a subdivision of garden lots numbers 16 and 17 in Chatham county, at $100 per lot, but…
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Complaint for damages.. Before Judge Norwood. City court of Savannah. July term, 1897. Clayton P. Miller sued F. X. Mousseau, Sarah Mousseau, and Benjamin R. Dillon, for $8,700 damages from an alleged breach of contract, alleging, that on March 15, 1888, the defendants agreed in writing with the plaintiff to sell him their undivided four-fifths interest in 84 lots of land, described as a subdivision of garden lots numbers 16 and 17 in Chatham county, at $100 per lot, but that defendants refused to carry out the agreement, and on May 1, 1888, without notice to plaintiff, sold and conveyed the…
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
1. Dr. Mousseau and certain members of his family owned a four-fifths undivided interest in 84 lots of land in the city of Savannah, Georgia, anda certain amount of country property. D. B. Lester owned the other fifth-interest in the -city lots. By virtue of a power of attorney given him bj these members of his family, Mousseau had control of this property .and authority to dispose of it. He and his family resided in Ganada, and he appointed Miller of Savannah, Georgia, as his .agent to negotiate a sale of the property. Some correspondence ■was had between Mousseau and Miller in regard to the…
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