Brooks v. Pitts

Decision Date06 November 1919
Docket Number(No. 10329.)
PartiesBROOKS. v. PITTS et al.
CourtGeorgia Court of Appeals

(Syllabus by the Court.)

Error from Superior Court, Polk County; A. L. Bartlett, Judge.

Action by W. R. and R. O. Pitts, Jr., against W. T. Brooks. Verdict for plaintiffs, certiorari dismissed, and defendant brings error. Reversed.

J. L. Tison, of Cedartown, for plaintiff in error.

Ault & Wright, of Cedartown, for defendants in error.

JENKINS, P. J. Judgment reversed.

STEPHENS and SMITH, JJ., concur.

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  • Dillard v. Brannan
    • United States
    • Georgia Supreme Court
    • September 7, 1961
    ...161, 166 S.E. 872. A mere failure to comply with the promise would be insufficient to establish such fraudulent intent, Brooks v. Pitts, 24 Ga.App. 386, 100 S.E. 776; and in such case the remedy of the grantor would be an action for damages, and not a suit for cancellation, in the absence o......
  • Tyler v. Jones County Bank
    • United States
    • Georgia Court of Appeals
    • March 4, 1949
    ... ... knowledge of the proceedings in bankruptcy.' Peterson ... v. Calhoun, 137 Ga. 799, 74 S.E. 519; Brooks v ... Pitts, 24 Ga.App. 386(2), 100 S.E. 776; Bank of ... Wrightsville v. Four Seasons, 21 Ga.App. 453, 94 S.E ... 649.' But the schedule should ... ...
  • Tyler v. Jones County Bank
    • United States
    • Georgia Court of Appeals
    • March 4, 1949
    ...'had notice or actual knowledge of the proceedings in bankruptcy.' Peterson v. Calhoun, 137 Ga. 799, 74 S.E. 519; Brooks v. Pitts, 24 Ga.App. 386 (2), 100 S.E. 776; Bank of Wrightsville v. Four Seasons, 21 Ga.App. 453, 94 S.E. 649." But the schedule should be filed, or the notice or actual ......
  • Chesnut v. Al Means Ford, Inc.
    • United States
    • Georgia Court of Appeals
    • May 10, 1966
    ...an action for fraud and deceit must be made with reference to existing or past facts and not as to future acts. Brooks v. Pitts, 24 Ga.App. 386(1), 100 S.E. 776; Ambrose v. Brooks, 109 Ga.App. 881, 882(1), 137 S.E.2d 573 and cit. Nor, under the above rule, would the written contract of itse......
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