Supreme Court of Georgia, 1894

Hilly v. Knight

Hilly v. Knight
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided July 23, 1894
94 Ga. 705; 19 S.E. 991

Hilly v. Knight

Opinion of the Court

This was a suit for the balance due on a promissory note given for purchase money and rent. The note bore several credits, among them a credit for “ sundry of the items included in the within instrument, amounting to $400, which was accepted as payment to that extent on this note,” leaving balance due of $376.64, with interest. Defendant pleaded not indebted, and that he returned to plaintiff' the property which was the consideration of the note, and the parties to the contract then and there rescinded it and the note was cancelled by operation of law. The evidence was conflicting. Plaintiff obtained a verdict, and defendant’s motion on the general grounds for a new trial was overruled.

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