Case Name: Blount & Morel v. Dugger
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1902-04-02
Citations: 115 Ga. 109
Docket Number: 
Parties: Blount & Morel v. Dugger.
Judges: All the Justices concurring, exceptLittle and Lewis, JJ., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 115
Pages: 109–109

Head Matter:
Blount & Morel v. Dugger.
Submitted March 1,
Decided April 2, 1902.
Complaint. Before Judge Robinson. City court of Wrights-ville. May 16, 1901.
Fair cloth & Blount, for plaintiffs,
cited Civil Code, §§ 3024, 3931, 3019; 91 Ga. 590.
Kent & Hatcher, for defendant,
cited 86 Ga. 696 ; 94 Ga. 671; 97 Ga. 748; Civil Code, §§ 3933, 2778; 105 Ga. 553 ; 67 Ga. 97; 83 Ga. 712.

Opinion:
Cobb, J.
1. The mere fact that a wife may be the owner of a tract of land upon which a house is erected out of materials furnished solely on the credit of her husband will not render her liable for the value of such materials, nor authorize a judgment against her for the same on the theory that she was the concealed principal of her husband, when there is no evidence that he wasin any way acting as her agent when he purchased the materials.
2. There was no error of law complained of, and the evidence authorized the judgment rendered by the judge of the city court presiding without a jury.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring, exceptLittle and Lewis, JJ., absent.