Seaman v. Sweat
Citation | 95 S.E. 378,22 Ga.App. 92 |
Decision Date | 15 March 1918 |
Docket Number | 9097. |
Parties | SEAMAN v. SWEAT. |
Court | United States Court of Appeals (Georgia) |
Syllabus by the Court.
The gravamen of the plaintiff's petition is substantially that the defendant, being desirous of forming a corporation, induced the plaintiff to subscribe for a share of stock in the embryo corporation, under the following agreement: That if the plaintiff would subscribe for said share of stock, he (the defendant) "would personally pledge himself and guarantee to this plaintiff that he would not have to pay for or keep said stock, as he would take and pay for the same himself, if petitioner did not want it and the defendant could not find a purchaser for it"; that Held, that the petition was subject to demurrer, on the ground that the contract rested in parol; and the court, therefore did not err in dismissing the suit on demurrer. See Civ. Code 1910, § 3222; Hightower v. Ansley, 126 Ga. 8, 54 S.E. 939, 7 Ann.Cas. 927; Morse v. Douglass, 112 A.D. 798, 99 N.Y.S. 392; Cook on Corporations (7th Ed.) § 339; Weatherly v. Cotter, 142 Ga. 457, 83 S.E. 104.
Error from City Court of Waycross; J. C. McDonald, Judge.
Suit by H. C. Seaman against J. L. Sweat. Suit dismissed on demurrer to petition, and plaintiff brings error. Affirmed.
Parker & Parker, of Waycross, for plaintiff in error.
Wilson & Bennett, of Waycross, for defendant in error.
Judgment affirmed.
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