Haygood v. Duncan

Candler, Justice.

The only question presented for decision by the writ of error is whether or not a contract for the sale of land sufficiently described the property which the maker intended to include therein. On this issue the court directed the jury to return a verdict finding that the contract was void for want of description. The exception here is to a judgment overruling a motion for new trial, which complained only of the verdict as directed. As to this question the record shows: The defendant Haygood relied upon a deed, dated August 13, 1917, from W. W. Duncan to Mrs. Julia A. White,…