4 Ga. App. 90 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1908
This was a suit on a purchase-money note given for a mule. It is expressly stipulated in the note that “the seller of said stock or other property does in no wise guarantee, except in title.” The defendant filed a plea of failure of consideration, and attempted to set up, in support of the plea, a parol agreement between him and the seller of the mule, which was in contradiction of the express and unambiguous provision in his written contract. The court excluded this testimony, and, there being no other defense made, directed a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount of the note.
We think this direction by the court was proper. The contract contains no express covenant of warranty, and the defect in the mule, which was attempted to be shown, was a patent defect, which was not covered by the implied warranty. Besides, any implied warranty as to the soundness of the mule is expressly provided against by the contract. While the word “guarantee,” in