Whitt v. Blount
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before Judge Hodges. City court of Macon. June .19, 1905. ' A. S. Blount sued D. S. Whitt and G. E. Artope on three promissory notes given by the defendants to the plaintiffs, dated October 10, 1903, aggregating $500, and due respectively two, four, and six 'months after date.
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Complaint. Before Judge Hodges. City court of Macon. June .19, 1905. ' A. S. Blount sued D. S. Whitt and G. E. Artope on three promissory notes given by the defendants to the plaintiffs, dated October 10, 1903, aggregating $500, and due respectively two, four, and six 'months after date. The defendants filed the following plea: In 1903 defendants entered into a contract with plaintiff, “in which he Agreed to work for a business known as the ATtope & Whitt Company and owned by them.” Under this contract he was given ■control and management of their marble yard at' Bocky Mount, North Carolina,…
1Opinion of the CourtCandler, J.
1. The name “Artope & Whitt Company/’ without more, would import a corporation; but when it is designated in. the plea as “a business known as the Artope & Whitt Company and owned by” defendants, and is considered in connection with all the-other allegations of the plea relating thereto, it clearly appears that, it was not a corporation, but a mere trade name under which defendants were conducting their business.
2. The Civil Code, §3536, declares: “Duress consists in any illegal imprisonment or legal imprisonment used for an illegal purpose, or threats of bodily or other harm, or other means…
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