Proctor v. Sears
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1 later published case cites this decision.
- Wilcox v. Turner (Ga. Ct. App. 1935)
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Opinion of the Court
The right instructions were given to the jury. It has long been settled —■ as was said by Parker, J. in Smith v. Mayo, 9 Mass. 64 — that “ a direct promise, when of age, is necessary to establish a contract made during minority, and that
The testimony in the case was contradictory; and the jury must have found, under the instructions which they received that the defendant did not promise, after he came of age, to pay the note; or, that if he did promise to pay it, or a part of it, when he should be able, the plaintiffs had not proved that he was able to pay. Thompson v. Lay, 4 Pick. 48.
Exceptions overruled.
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