Case Name: Davies v. Blasingame et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1935-09-25
Citations: 181 Ga. 128
Docket Number: No. 10626
Parties: Davies v. Blasingame et al.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except Hutcheson, J., disqualified.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 181
Pages: 128–130

Head Matter:
Davies v. Blasingame et al.

Opinion:
Atkinson, Justice.
1. In view of the statements in the letter from the attorney to Davies, introduced in evidence without objection, pointing out the defects in the title referred to, and the evidence of the plaintiff substantially admitting the defects, the refusal of the court to admit the abstract of title, when offered in evidence by the defendant for the sole purpose of showing what defects to be cured were contemplated by the parties in making the contract, was not cause for reversal.
No. 10626.
September 25, 1935.
2. The decision in Davies v. Blasingame, 177 Ga. 450 (1, 2) (170 S. E. 477), was not a ruling that the contract was'entire. The circumstances do not denote intention to make nor do they make the transaction an entire contract. On the contrary, execution oí the deed in the circumstances, talcing possession under the deed, execution of the notes and security deed on the basis that title had passed, apd introduction of the special covenant expressing the promise of the grantor to pay the expense to be incurred in curing the defects in title, denote intention to make the special covenant severable, and such intention renders the covenant separate. Henderson Elevator Co. v. North Georgia Milling Co., 126 Ga. 279; Broxton v. Nelson, 103 Ga. 327 (30 S. E. 38, 68 Am. St. R. 97); 6 R. C. L. 858, § 246.
(a) Neither did the special covenant create a condition precedent that must be performed by the obligor before the contract becomes absolute.
(5) In so far as the requests for instructions to the jury stated correct principles of law, they were not adjusted to the case, and were properly refused.
3. The excerpts from the charge to the jury, on which error was assigned, do not afford the defendant ground for reversal.
4. In so far as the verdict was against the defendant, the evidence was sufficient to support it, and the judge did not err in refusing a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur, except Hutcheson, J., disqualified.
D. P. Phillips and Roberts & Roberts, for plaintiff in error.
Burress & Dillard and William T. Dean> contra.