Willingham v. Morris Plan Bank

The Morris Plan Bank of Georgia sued H. S. Willingham, alleging that the defendant had' fraudulently induced the plaintiff to make a loan to one E. L. Pearce by falsely representing that the defendant, an indorser on Pearce’s note, was over 31 years of age; the contention being that-the-loan word'd not have been made without the defendant’s indorsement. The petition further alleged that at the November, 1938, term of Cobb superior court the bank had filed a suit on the note against the defendant, being at the time unaware that the defendant was a minor; that Willing-ham had filed a plea of…