Pierce v. Parrish
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Evans. Bulloch superior court. December 1, 1899. Tom Pierce bought land of Mikell for $240, paying $80 in cash and giving notes for the balance. He afterwards paid all but $40, and, having but $20, procured Parrish to advance the remaining $20 and take to himself a deed from Mikell conveying the land, upon the kgreement that Parrish would make a -deed’conveying the land to Pierce or his wife upon the repay-' merit of the $20 so advanced.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Evans. Bulloch superior court. December 1, 1899. Tom Pierce bought land of Mikell for $240, paying $80 in cash and giving notes for the balance. He afterwards paid all but $40, and, having but $20, procured Parrish to advance the remaining $20 and take to himself a deed from Mikell conveying the land, upon the kgreement that Parrish would make a -deed’conveying the land to Pierce or his wife upon the repay-' merit of the $20 so advanced. This sum was subsequently paid to Parrish by Pierce’s wife, and, according to the testimany of the Pierces, they thereupon…
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
It is very clear, under the evidence, that a new trial should have been granted. It may be well enough to observe, in the outset, that the claim that Sharpe & Co. were bona fide purchasers of the land, and that therefore as to them the verdict should have been allowed to stand, was not pressed in the presentation of the case in this court, nor is it referred to in the brief for the defendants in error which was filed here. On the contrary, counsel for defendants in error state in their brief that there is but one issue formed by the pleadings in this case, and that is, whether or not Pierce…
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