Adcock v. First National Bank of Atlanta

Bell, Chief Judge.

This is a suit to recover the amount due on a promissory note, plus interest and attorney fees. The note was executed by Lester G. Maddox and defendants Adcock and Morris. Maddox was not joined as a defendant. Defendants in their answer admitted execution of the note, that they have not paid it, but alleged that they executed it with an understanding that they were accommodation parties and that Maddox was the primary obligor; that the note was executed solely on the representation that Maddox would pay the note in full; that defendants were fraudulently induced to execute…