Supreme Court of Virginia June 20, 1901 (Hoffman v. Planters National Bank)

Cardwell, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Some time prior to May 9, 1898, Mrs. M. F. Woodruff applied to defendant in error, The Planters Rational Bank of Richmond, Va., for a loan of $600.00, and the hank refused to make it without a surety or endorser on the note to be given. Thereupon Mrs.