Findley v. Deal
Supreme Court of Georgia
Mortgage. Title. Before Judge WELLBORN. Hall Superior Court. February Term, 1882. Findley brought trover in a justice’s court against Deal for a cow and calf. The case was tried before a jury, who found for the defendant. The plaintiff carried the case to the superior court by certiorari. On the hearing, the court sustained the finding below, and plaintiff excepted. The case was based on the contract set out in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
The litigation in this case arises upon the following contract, and the question is whether it passed the title to the property in dispute :
“ Gainesville, Ga„ September 10,1880.
Received of J. J. Findley and W. F, Findley twenty-five dollars in full payment for one black cow, about six years old, and one calf now belonging to said cow, about two months old, said cow being the same I bought of Bob Reed. It is agreed by the purchasers of the above ■property and Austin Hughes, the signer of this receipt, that said Hughes shall retain the property and use the same from this date…
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