Case Name: Smith v. Culpepper
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1899-04-20
Citations: 108 Ga. 759
Docket Number: 
Parties: Smith v. Culpepper.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 108
Pages: 759–760

Head Matter:
Smith v. Culpepper.
Argued March 21,
Decided April 20, 1899.

Opinion:
Cobb, J.
It was, upon the trial of an action upon a promissory note given for the purchase of a mule and on its face reserving in the seller the title to the property until paid for, erroneous to strike a plea alleging that the mule had died without any fault or negligence on the part of the defendant, and praying for a rescission of the contract of sale; there being no stipulation therein that the purchaser was to be liable in case the mule died. Civil Code, $ 3543. Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concurring.
Complaint. Before, Judge Reese. Taliaferro superior court. February term, 1898.
Horace M. Holden, for plaintiff in error.