Brown v. Bowman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for breach of contract. Before Judge Bartlett. Paulding superior court. February 10, 1903. . The action was by B. W. Brown and T. W. Taylor against L. N. Bowman. The petition as amended alleged: On® March 13, 1894, the plaintiffs entered into a contract with L. N. Bowman, which was in the following words and figures: “ State of ^Georgia, Paulding county.
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Action for breach of contract. Before Judge Bartlett. Paulding superior court. February 10, 1903. . The action was by B. W. Brown and T. W. Taylor against L. N. Bowman. The petition as amended alleged: On® March 13, 1894, the plaintiffs entered into a contract with L. N. Bowman, which was in the following words and figures: “ State of ^Georgia, Paulding county. Know all men by these presents, that I, L. N. Bowman, of the county and State herein mentioned, do grant and give to B. W. Brown and T. W. Taylor the exclusive right to search for gold on the south half of lot of land number 419 in the…
1Opinion of the CourtPish, P. J.
1. Bowman’s agreement, which appears in the foregoing statement of facts, was evidently without consideration when made, as Brown and Taylor, at that time, neither did nor agreed to do anything. It was, therefore, when made, unenforceable for want of mutuality. When, however, Brown and Taylor within a reasonable time, and in the absence of any revocation of *156the agreement by Bowman, by much labor and considerable expense, as the petition alleged, located and developed gold in the land in question, they did the very thing they were expected to do, and thereby furnished the contemplated…
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