Hightower v. Ansley

This was an action to recover damages for the refusal of the defendant to deliver stock of an incorporated company in accordance with the contract of purchase. The case was 'before this court on demurrer (120 Ga. 719), where a summary of ■the allegations of the petition will appear. The defendant in his plea denied the execution of the contract alleged; and affirmatively pleaded that even if the contract was made as alleged, the same was .not in writing nor had there been part performance thereof. A verdict was rendered for the plaintiff, and a motion for a new trial ■was made, which being…