Duncan v. Ball

Deen, Presiding Judge.

In April 1978 appellant Carole C. Duncan signed a promissory note for $7,500 and a deed to secure debt naming the Cobb Bank & Trust Co. (“the bank”) as grantee. The purpose of executing these documents was to obtain cash to pay certain obligations incurred by appellant’s husband and the tax bills and mortgage payments due on the family’s Fulton County home, which was titled in appellant’s name. She signed the documents in the office of one Jerry Berthold, an attorney whom she had retained for the purpose. Because this was done after the firm’s normal office hours, the…