Willingham v. Buckeye Cotton Oil Co.

1. The agent of a corporation is not, by reason of his agency, disqualified to become its surety upon an appeal bond. If he be solvent, his relation to his principal would not in any way diminish the right or power of the appellee to recover upon the bond.

*254Decided August 25, 1913. Appeal; from Richmond superior court — Judge H. C. Hammond. August 16, 1912. W. E. Miller, for plaintiff. Bryan Gumming, for defendant.

2. An appeal is an investigation de novo. Patterson v. Sams, 2 Ga. App. 756 (59 S. E. 18); Abrams v. Lang, 60 Ga. 218, 221; Civil Code, § 5014. Where an action in a justice’s court is…