Legal Opinion

Grooms v. Grooms

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 10, 1914PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Petition for specific performance. Before Judge Rawlings. Bulloch superior court. May 2, 1913. '

1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.

The action was by H. J. Grooms against G. 1’. Grooms and T. L. Grooms, for specific performance of an oral contract for the purchase of land. The plaintiff and the defendants are brothers. It was alleged, that in 1901 the plaintiff purchased from G. P. Grooms, for the. sum of $300, a certain tract of land; that at the time of the purchase he paid G. P. Grooms $100 and agreed to pay the balance in two annual installments of $100 each; that in pursuance of the contract of purchase he went into possession of the land and erected valuable improvements - thereon; that after his purchase G. P.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Miller v. WatsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
  2. Bryant v. BoozeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1875
  3. Rowe v. SpencerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  4. Linder v. WhiteheadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Trammell v. ShirleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1928
  2. Citizens & Southern National Bank v. KontzSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
  3. Executive Committee of Baptist Convention v. FergusonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
  4. Morgan v. ArgardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
  5. Brown v. KendrickSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926

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