Bush v. Bank of Thomasville
Supreme Court of Georgia
Distribution of money. Before Judge Spence. Decatur superior court. November term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
It appears from tbe record, that Clifton borrowed from the Bank of Thomasville $7,000, for which sum he gave his promissory note with a stipulation for the payment of $700 liquidated damages (presumably attorney’s fees) in case tbe note had to be collected by suit. For the purpose of securing the note, he made the bank a deed to certain land on Nov. 14, 1892. In 1898 the bank brought suit against Clifton on the note, and prayed for a judgment on the note, and also for a special lien on the land. No defense was made, and the judge rendered a judgment on the note and granted the prayer of the…
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