Case Name: Cole v. Alexander
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1901-07-24
Citations: 113 Ga. 1154
Docket Number: 
Parties: Cole v. Alexander.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 113
Pages: 1154–1154

Head Matter:
Cole v. Alexander.
Argued June 20,
Decided July 24, 1901.
Complaint. Before Judge Proffitt. City court of Elberton, October 4, 1900.
Joseph N. Worley, for plaintiff in error
George T. MaGill and Ira C. VanDuzer, contra.

Opinion:
IiiriLE, J.
An action upon an account for money had and received, and for the erection of improvements on land, is not sustained by evidence showing that the defendant sold land to the plaintiff and received a part of the purchase-money ; and that the latter, while in possession, made improvements on the premises and then abandoned the same from fear of personal violence on the part of the defendant.
Taking the evidence most strongly for the plaintiff, he did not establish the cause of action set forth in his petition, and therefore was not entitled to recover. Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concurring.