Jones v. Owens

This case (22 Ga. App. 558, 96 S. E. 444) was carried by writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court, and that court held:

“1. The Court of Appeals properly affirmed the judgment of the court below sustaining the demurrer to the defense based upon.the defendants’ contention that they were mere sureties -«upon the notes given for the purchase money of the property in question and sued upon by Owens, the holder.

“2. But we are of the opinion that the defense set up by way of amendment, based upon the ground that the notes were unenforceable because they were based upon an illegal and immoral…