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140 Ga. 768

Harris v. Jones

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 15, 1913

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1913-10-15

<p>Complaint. Before Judge Walker. Taliaferro superior court. November 25, 1912.</p>

Relies on Palmetto Mfg. Co. v. Parker & Anderson

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Decided 1913-10-15

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Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently October 1967

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Evans, P. J.

¶11. An agreement between a creditor, his debtor, and a third person, whereby such third person, in consideration of the creditor’s releasing the debtor, agrees to pay the amount of the debt to the creditor, and as part of the agreement the creditor releases his debtor and agrees that such third person shall be substituted for the debtor, is not within the statute' of frauds; the debt is extinguished as to the debtor, and the third person becomes, by substitution, the debtor in his place. Palmetto Manufacturing Co. v. Parker, 123 Ga. 798 (51 S. E. 714).

¶22. The charges complained of were in substantial accord with the foregoing principle, and the verdict was supported by the evidence.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

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