First National Bank v. McEntire
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint on note. Before Judge Fite. Murray superior court. August term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
The First National Bank of Dalton sued four parties as makers, and J. C. McEntire as indorser, upon a promissory note payable to the bank. McEntire alone made any defense. The uncontroverted facts upon the trial were, that McEntire signed the note as a mere accommodation indorser; that the note contained a waiver of the benefit of the homestead and exemption laws, and that it *233was secretly tainted with, usury, which, fact was unknown to McEntire a,t the time he signed it. Upon these facts the court directed a verdict for the bank against the makers, and in favor of McEntire, the indorser,…
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