Donnelly Co. v. Milligan

1. A discharge in bankruptcy does not release a bankrupt from liability for obtaining property by false’ pretenses or false representations. Orr Shoe Co. v. Upshaw, 13 Ga. App. 501 (2) (79 S. E. 362); Brandt v. Klement, 20 Ga. App. 664 (93 S. E. 255). False representations may consist in the purchas*531ing of goods with no present purpose of paying for them, and in contemplation of a fraudulent insolvency, and ordinarily it is a question for the jury to determine from the evidence whether the circumstances adduced, even though they be slight, are sufficient to carry conviction of the existence of…