Case Name: Moss v. Moss, administrator
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1915-11-12
Citations: 144 Ga. 269
Docket Number: 
Parties: Moss v. Moss, administrator.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except Bech, •/., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 144
Pages: 269–270

Head Matter:
Moss v. Moss, administrator.

Opinion:
Atkinson, J.
1. Where an agent authorized to rent land belonging to his principal made a contract in which the rent was payable to himself, and subsequently, claiming the rent adversely to his principal? instituted a distress-warrant proceeding against the tenant to collect the amount thereof, the agent being insolvent, equity will entertain a suit by the principal (or, he being dead, by an administrator upon his estate) to enjoin the agent from collecting the rent.
November 12, 1915.
Equitable petition.- Before Judge Wright. Floyd. superior court. July 20, 1914.
Henry Walker, for plaintiff in error.
McHenry & Porter, contra.
2. The petition was not subject to general demurrer.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur, except Bech, •/., absent.