Bowdon Oil & Fertilizer Co. v. Bank of Bowdon

A default judgment was opened in this case, after which the defendant filed a plea setting up that, on account of certain payments made on the claim after its maturity, the plaintiff orally agreed to extend the due date for twelve months. The case was tried before the judge of the city court without a jury, and he found in favor of the plaintiff.

Payment of a part of a past-due indebtedness furnishes no consideration for a promise of forbearance. Crawford v. Gaulden, 33 Ga. 173 (5), 184; Tatum v. Morgan, 108 Ga. 336 (33 S. E. 940); *207Holmes v. First Nat. Bank, 19 Ga. App. 810 (2) (92 S. E. 298).…