Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Hitchcock

116 Ga. App. 563 (1967)

158 S.E.2d 468

FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY

v.

HITCHCOCK.

42847.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Submitted June 12, 1967.

Decided October 31, 1967.

Morton P. Levine, H. A. Stephens, Jr., for appellant.

Grady E. Rozar, for appellee.

PANNELL, Judge.

1. The "bad faith" which will authorize recovery of attorney's fees in an action seeking damages and attorney's fees under Code § 20-1404 is "bad faith" in the transaction out of which the cause of action arose. Traders Ins. Co. v. Mann, 118 Ga. 381 (6, 7), 384 (45 SE 426); McKenzie v. Mitchell, 123 Ga. 72 (51 SE 34); Lovell v. Frankum, 145…