Bank of Elberton v. Vickery

1. “A promise by a debtor to pay a previously existing debt to his creditor, made after the former’s adjudication as a bankrupt but before his discharge, will not be impaired by the subsequently acquired disehai'ge,” as the discharge relates back to the adjudication in bankruptcy, and the effect of such a promise to pay a debt provable in bankruptcy is to renew the obligation. Moore v. Trounstine, 126 Ga. 116 (54 S. E. 810, 7 Ann. Cas. 971); Dicks v. Andrews, 132 Ga. 601 64 S. E. 788, 16 Ann. Cas. 1070); 7 Corpus Juris, 413.

2. The provisions of section 4384 of the Civil Code of 1910, that “no…