Supreme Court of Georgia, 1912

Busbee v. Chapman

Busbee v. Chapman
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided November 15, 1912 · Hill
139 Ga. 19; 76 S.E. 377; 1912 Ga. LEXIS 508

Busbee v. Chapman

Opinion of the Court

Hill, J.

Where a vendor agrees to accept, as part consideration for realty sold, the erection by the vendee of certain walls at a named valuation, which agreement the vendee fails or refuses to perform, the vendor can not maintain a suit to recover the balance of the consideration as purchase-money of the land, but is relegated to an action for damages for a breach of the contract by the vendee. Butler v. Sams, 138 Ga. 748 (75 S. E. 1127); Chamberlain v. Wolf, 112 Iowa, 176 (83 N. W. 893); Westchester & P. R. R. v. Broomall, (Pa.), 3 Atl. 444; 2 Warvelle on Vendors (2d ed.), § 939; 2 Sutherland on Damages, § 576.

(a)' Accordingly, where a petition was filed by the vendor against the vendee for the agreed value of the walls to be erected by the latter, as the balance of the purchase-price of the land, the petition was subject to the general. demurrer filed, and the court erred in not sustaining it.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur.. Complaint. Before Judge Whipple. Dooly superior court. November 6, 1911.Joseph II. Hall and Busbee & Busbee, for plaintiffs in error. J. T. Hill and J. W. Dennard, contra.

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