Wages v. National Surety Co.

Bell, Justice.

Certiorari was granted to review the decision of the Court of Appeals as reported in 48 Ga. App. 720 (173 S. E. 451). E. S. Wages as ordinary of Gwinnett County, Georgia, suing for the use of the Bank of Jonesboro, brought suit against John W. Mears and National Surety Company, and alleged the following: On or about April 10, 1920, Willie Grace Mears Huff inherited from her mother $620.83, which was placed to her credit in the Bank of Clayton County, now the Bank of Jonesboro. The sum was deposited in savings account, and bore interest. In June, 1928, J. W. Mears, father of…