Union City Realty & Trust Co. v. Wright
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Freeman. Campbell superior court. June 8, 1915. Mrs. Anna M. Wright instituted an action against the Union City Bealty and Trust Company, a corporation, to compel the company to pay a certain promissory note for three thousand' dollars, which had been executed by J. H. Harris to another corporation called the Union City Brick Company, and duly transferred by that company to plaintiff.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Freeman. Campbell superior court. June 8, 1915. Mrs. Anna M. Wright instituted an action against the Union City Bealty and Trust Company, a corporation, to compel the company to pay a certain promissory note for three thousand' dollars, which had been executed by J. H. Harris to another corporation called the Union City Brick Company, and duly transferred by that company to plaintiff. On the trial the judge directed a verdict for the plaintiff. The exception is to a judgment refusing a new trial. The petition contained allegations as just indicated, and others…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. The two corporations, the Hnion City Bealty and Trust Company and the Hnion City Brick Company, were *736organized in the same community about the same time, and both related to development of property owned by J. H. Harris, who was the original promoter of the first-named company, and to a lesser extent interested also in the other company. To avoid confusion, it is necessary to bear in mind that there were two corporations, and that the realty company was the defendant, which, on account of having received a deed from the brick company containing a certain clause, the plaintiff attempted to…
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