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Gaines v. Sheldon Simms Company

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jun 26, 1969
169 S.E.2d 126 (Ga. Ct. App. 1969)

Opinion

44505.

SUBMITTED JUNE 2, 1969.

DECIDED JUNE 26, 1969.

Action for damages. Fulton Civil Court. Before Judge Wright.

E. B. Shaw, for appellant.

Payne, Barlow Green, William O. Green, Jr., for appellees.


In this action by the buyer for damages for breach of a realty sale contract against the corporate seller, the corporate broker and an individual alleged to be president of both corporate defendants, the general allegation of the complaint, that plaintiff contracted with "the defendants," must yield to the contract itself, attached as an exhibit to the complaint, showing its execution merely by the corporate seller by its president. Williams v. Appliances, Inc., 91 Ga. App. 608 (4) ( 86 S.E.2d 632) and cit. Therefore, the trial court did not err in its judgment sustaining the motions to dismiss of the defendant corporate broker and the defendant individual. The judgment was correct even if the complaint be construed as seeking equitable relief, since the Civil Court of Fulton County does not have equitable jurisdiction. Constitution, Art. VI, Sec. IV, Par. I ( Code Ann. § 2-3901).

Judgment affirmed. Pannell and Quillian, JJ., concur.

SUBMITTED JUNE 2, 1969 — DECIDED JUNE 26, 1969.


Summaries of

Gaines v. Sheldon Simms Company

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jun 26, 1969
169 S.E.2d 126 (Ga. Ct. App. 1969)
Case details for

Gaines v. Sheldon Simms Company

Case Details

Full title:GAINES v. SHELDON SIMMS COMPANY, INC. et al

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Jun 26, 1969

Citations

169 S.E.2d 126 (Ga. Ct. App. 1969)
169 S.E.2d 126

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