Caves v. Columbus Bank & Trust Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that guarantor’s “failure to read the guaranty carefully and inform himself about his obligations . . . cannot discharge him from liability.”
• holding that guarantor’s “failure to read the guaranty carefully and inform himself about his obligations . . . cannot discharge him from liability.”
• noting that “Georgia courts strictly construe guaranty agreements in favor of the guarantor,” and that “the guarantor’s liability cannot be extended by implication or interpretation”
• noting that “Georgia courts strictly construe guaranty agreements in favor of the guarantor,” and that “the guarantor’s liability cannot be extended by implication or interpretation.”
• objection in trial court that testimony regarding account lacked foundation, without stating in trial court what the proper foundation should have been, presented nothing for consideration on appeal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).