Wright v. Bank of Southwestern Georgia

The Bank of Southwestern Georgia brought suit against Cynthia Styles Wright on two promissory notes; one dated April 25, 1903, and the other February 18, 1905. The defendant filed an answer, in which she averred that the notes were without consideration as far as she was concerned, for the reason that they were given for the debt of her former husband, Jesse Styles, and that her assumption of his debt was null and void. When the ease was called for trial the defendant was absent. Her counsel stated to the court that they did not know why she was not present, and for that reason they were…