Supreme Court of Georgia, 1899

Smith v. Culpepper

Smith v. Culpepper
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided April 20, 1899 · Cobb
108 Ga. 759; 33 S.E. 49; 1899 Ga. LEXIS 354

Smith v. Culpepper

Opinion of the Court

Cobb, J.

It was, upon the trial of an action upon a promissory note given for the purchase of a mule and on its face reserving in the seller the title to the property until paid for, erroneous to strike a plea alleging that the mule had died without any fault or negligence on the part of the defendant, and praying for a rescission of the contract of sale; there being no stipulation therein that the purchaser was to be liable in case the mule died. Civil Code, $ 3543. Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concurring.Complaint. Before, Judge Reese. Taliaferro superior court. February term, 1898.Horace M. Holden, for plaintiff in error.

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