Goodman v. Winskowski

In contemplation of building a house in Baltimore County, the defendant-appellant, Lawrence H. Goodman, went to the Maryland National Bank for the purpose of applying for a. building loan. In pursuit of this end he filed a loan application containing the information that the lot had cost $10,000 and that the proposed house would cost $71,000. How the $71,000' figure was arrived at is in dispute, the appellant claiming that a vice president of the bank, a Mr. Herring, told him to inflate the amount so that the desired loan could be obtained, while Mr. Herring, who denied this version, said…