Tidwell v. Burkett
Supreme Court of Georgia
Contracts. Promissory notes. Rescission. Before Judge Harris. City court of Macon. December term, 1887. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
This is a strange case, and was strangely tried and decided. It appears that Tidwell bought a mule from one Hicks, giving him in exchange another mule, and his note for the difference in value, $22.50. Tidwell afterwards requested Burkett to pay this note for him, which Burkett did; Tidwell, according to Burkett’s testimony, authorizing Hicks to make Burkett a bill of sale t-o the mule. Tidwell, desiring to trade this mule to his father in exchange for another, agreed with Burkett that the mule received in the exchange should take the place of the mule bought from Hicks. In…
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