Legal Opinion

Gibson v. Gibson

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 30, 1936No. 25262PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.

“When a married woman gives her individual note, the presumption of law is that she gave it on her own contract and for value, to charge her separate property.” Perkins v. Rowland, 69 Ga. 661, 664. “Where the creditor, at the time a debt is created, really intends in good faith to extend the credit to the wife, and not to the husband, and the consideration of the loan passes legally and morally from the creditor to the wife, and where the writings then executed are such as purport to bind her for the debt as her own, then, whatever may be the private understanding between the wife and the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Perkins v. RowlandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
  2. Wilson v. BarnardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
  3. Vizard v. MoodySupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  4. National Life & Accident Insurance v. HankersonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
  5. Hamby v. CrispCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Overstreet v. NickelsenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  2. Stow v. HargroveSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
  3. Grayhouse v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
  4. Arkansas Fuel Oil Co. v. Andrews Point Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
  5. Brannon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982

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