HUGHES v. JACKSON

40480.

109 Ga. App. 804 (1964)

137 S.E.2d 487

HUGHES v. JACKSON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 4, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter W. Calhoun, Richard H. Monk, Jr., for plaintiffs in error.

Dan E. McConaughey, Davis & Stringer, Thomas O. Davis, contra.


BELL, Presiding Judge.

1. The redundant petition here sets forth a compromise agreement alleging duties arising under the agreement and its breach by the defendant. It is well settled by decisions of our appellate courts that compromise agreements are enforceable. Hale v. Lipham, 61 Ga.App. 191, 192, 193 (6 S.E.2d 115).

"`A cause of action is made up of two elements; namely, a duty and a breach of it' (Bell v. Fitz, 84 Ga.App...

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