Crawford v. Davison-Paxon Co.

A discharge in bankruptcy does not release a bankrupt from liability for obtaining property by false pretenses or by false representations. Orr Shoe Co. v. Upshaw, 13 Ga. App. 501 (2) (79 S. E. 362); Brandt v. Klement, 20 Ga. App. 664 (93 S. E. 255). Such false representations may consist in the purchase of goods with no present purpose of paying for them, and in contemplation of fraudulent insolvency, and it is a question for the jury to determine from the evidence whether the circumstances adduced, even though they be slight, are sufficient to carry conviction of the existence of fraud…