Case Name: HINSON v. DAVIS
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1923-06-12
Citations: 30 Ga. App. 356
Docket Number: 14479
Parties: HINSON v. DAVIS.
Judges: Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 30
Pages: 356–358

Head Matter:
14479.
HINSON v. DAVIS.
.This action was barred by the statute of limitations as to actions on open accounts, although it appeared that goods included in the account sued on were sold and delivered to the defendant in accordance with written contracts under seal, by which title to the goods was retained .in the
seller as security for the payment of the purchase price. The court did not err in granting a nonsuit because of this bar, which was pleaded by the defendant.
Decided June 12, 1923.
Rehearing denied July 10, 1923.
Attachment; from city court of Wayeross — Judge Crawley. March 19, 1923.
Application for certiorari was made to the Supreme Court. The motion for nonsuit and the judgment granting the non-suit were based on the ground that the plaintiff’s evidence showed that the action was barred by the four-years limitation as to actions on open accounts; which limitation 'had been set up by the defendant’s plea.
Herbert W. Wilson, Wilson & Bennett, for plaintiff.
Jerome Crawley, for defendant.

Opinion:
Broyles, C. J.
Under the facts of the ease the plaintiff's cause of action was barred by the statute of limitations, and the court did not err in awarding a nonsuit.
Judgment affirmed.
Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.