Laurens Glass Works v. Childs

1. The negotiable-instruments law (Ga. L. 1924, p. 131, see. 18; Michie’s Code, § 4294(18)) provides that one who signs a note “in a trade or assumed name will be liable to the same extent as if he had signed in his own name.” Where a note bears a signature which is not that of an individual, but a name which might be a corporate or trade name, and it is indicated on the face of the note that the signature was made by a named individual, as where the signature is “Nugrape Bottling Co., by J. H. Childs, Pres.,” when in fact he is the “Nugrape Bottling Company,” and is doing business thereunder…