Mitchell v. Printup, Brother & Pollard
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Principal and Agent. Debtor and Creditor. Before Judge LAWSON. Green Superior Court. September Adjourned Term, 1880. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
Printup. Bro. & Pollard sued J. H. Mitchell on an open account, amounting to $320.00, for guano sold to him. He pleaded in defence payment, and set-off in the sum of $408.55, for three bales of cotton purchased by E. G. Williams, agent.
The facts of the case, as appear by the record, are that Williams was the agent of the plaintiffs to sell guano, and *676sold that which is the subject of this litigation to the defendant. The cotton which the defendant seeks to set off was sold by him to Williams in 1875, who represented to defendant, Mitchell, that he had money in the hands of…
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