Legal Opinion
Cox v. Farmers Bank
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 2, 1981No. 61789PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Judge.
Promissory note. The appellants Cox and Thomas are businessmen doing business as Mackrel Marketing Associates. Prior to 1976 Mackrel Marketing did its banking business with DeKalb County Bank. The president of that bank was one David Barrett. Barrett and Cox were social friends as well as banker and depositer. Barrett also knew Thomas but only casually. Barrett, while president of DeKalb County Bank, recommended that as an investment Cox and Thomas buy some stock in the DeKalb Bank. To finance the purchase of the DeKalb Bank stock, Barrett arranged a covering loan from Fulton…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Strickland v. Bank of CartersvilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
- Tatum v. Bank of CummingCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
- Frazier v. SwainSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
- Cairo Banking Co. v. HallCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
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