22 Ga. App. 723 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1918
Holton brought suit against Burgamy, claiming that the defendant employed him to superintend a certain farm, known as the “Home place,” for the year 1916, and, in consideration of the services to be rendered by him, agreed to pay him the rents of 124 acres of land'known as the “Dixon place.” The petition alleged compliance by the plaintiff with his part of the contract, and failure and refusal of the defendant to pay him the rents as agreed. The petition further- alleged the value of these rents to be $360 for. the year 1916. The defendant demurred to the petition, and also answered, denying that «he ever agreed to pay the plaintiff the rent of the- Dixon place for services rendered. The answer further alleged that the free use of the Dixon place for the years 1913 and 1914 and the payment of a certain amount of money at the end of the year 1915 were purely gratuitous on the part of'the defendant, and were in consideration of the interest which the - defendant had in the' plaintiff’s wife, whopi he had reared. The jury found for the plaintiff the amount of rent which the defendant admitted in his answer he had received for the year 1916 for the Dixon place. The defendant made a motion for new trial, which the court overruled, and he excepted.
Judgment affirmed.