52 Ga. App. 496 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1936
The plaintiffs alleged, in paragraph 3 of their petition: “That the said defendant, through its agent, C. F. Hunt, a resident of Thomson, Georgia, did, on July 10, 1933, approach petitioners on the question of obtaining an option to purchase a lot owned by petitioners at the corner of Hill Street and Jackson Street in the City of Thomson, Georgia. After some negotiations had taken place, petitioners gave the said Hunt an option or a binder, wherein the said Hunt paid Miss Sallie Story, one of the plaintiffs
The evidence for the plaintiffs was in part to the effect that Hunt took two options for the Standard Oil Company while working for that company, that both these options had expired, that after their expiration, on July 10, 1933, he paid the plaintiffs $5 on the contract, or option, or binder, to close the trade with the Wofford Oil Company, and asked them if they would keep a secret, and then stated he was going with the Wofford Oil Company and if the Standard Oil Company knew it they would put the “skates under him.” Hunt told the plaintiffs that the Standard Oil Company was not going to take the lot, but the Wofford Oil Company was going to take it, and he gave them $5, and said the man would be there tomorrow; that shortly thereafter the Wofford Oil
1-3. The only issue raised by the petition and the answer is this: Did the defendant move the dwelling-house from the lot it purchased to the adjacent lot in a workmanlike manner as contemplated
4. Not being convinced that the bill of exceptions was brought to this court for delay only, the request that damages be assessed under the Code of 1933, §6-1801, is denied.
Judgment affirmed.