Cranfill v. Union Planters Bank, N.A.

John Mauzy Pittman, Judge.

This is an appeal from the Craighead County Circuit Court’s entry of judgment to appellee Union Planters Bank against appellant G. Lee Cranfill, M.D., in the amount of $136,570. The central issue in this appeal is whether appellant was primarily hable on that debt or whether he was simply an accommodation party and, thus, only a surety on it. We hold that he was primarily Hable on the debt and affirm the circuit court’s decision.

Factual and Procedural History

Appellant, a physician, was a shareholder of Northeast Arkansas Internal Medicine Clinic, P.A. (Clinic), in…