Demere v. Germania Bank
Supreme Court of Georgia
Motion to set aside judgment. Before Judge Norwood. City court of Savannah. July 22,1901.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
In 1897 a promissory note for $30,000 was given the Germania Bank by Mrs. Ferrill. To secure this note and all renewals of it, she made a deed to certain property. This deed contained a covenant that, “ should [the bank] proceed to enforce-the payment of any sum that might be secured by said deed, after default, by placing the same in the hands of an attorney for collection, or otherwise, the said [bank] should be entitled to recover,, as part of the debt secured, ten per cent, of the amount found to be due, as attorney’s fees on the same.” The promissory note was renewed from time to time…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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