Williams v. Peoples Bank of Summit
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Complaint; from city court of Bainbridge — Judge - Harrell. November 7, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
The Peoples Bank of Summit brought suit on a promissory note, against E. A. Williams Jr. and John E. Sharpe as joint principal makers. ■ Williams admitted the execution of the note and liability thereon as principal maker. He alleged further, in his plea, that Sharpe signed the note only as surety. Sharpe filed a defense and set up that he signed the note simply as a surety, that ten per cent, usury had been charged on the note by the bank without his knowledge, that the note contained a waiver of homestead, and that as surety .he was discharged on account of the usurious interest so charged,…
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