First Charter National Bank v. Ross

The plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s judgment rendered in favor of the defendant Ann D. Ross, who has filed a cross appeal.1 The plaintiff claims that the trial court improperly (1) permitted the defendant to invoke fraud as a defense, (2) found an agency relationship between the defendant’s husband and the plaintiff, and (3) imputed the fraud of the defendant’s husband to the plaintiff. In her cross appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly failed (1) to join the Small Business Administration as a necessary party, (2) to permit her to amend her special defenses,…