Brooks v. Pitts
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Certiorari; from Polk superior court—Judge Bartlett. December 20, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, J.
1. While it is true that a discharge in bankruptcy does not release a bankrupt from liability for obtaining property by false pretenses or 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), and that false representations may consist in the purchasing of goods with no present purpose of paying for them, and in contemplation of a fraudulent insolvency, and that 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…
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