CRANFILL v. UNION PLANTERS BANK, N.A.

No. CA 03-1064.

158 S.W.3d 703 (2004)

G. Lee CRANFILL, M.D. v. UNION PLANTERS BANK, N.A., and Northeast Arkansas Management Company, LLC.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division IV.

April 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyons, Emerson & Cone, P.L.C., by: Scott Emerson, Jonesboro, for appellant.

Snellgrove, Langley, Lovett & Culpepper, by: Todd Williams, Jonesboro, for appellee Union Planters Bank, N.A.

Womack, Landis, Phelps, McNeill & McDaniel, by: D. Chris Gardner, Tom D. Womack, and Pamela A. Haun, Jonesboro, for appellee Northeast Arkansas Management Co., LLC.


JOHN MAUZY PITTMAN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the Craighead County Circuit Court's entry of judgment to appellee Union Planters Bank against appellant G. Lee Cranfill, M.D., in the amount of $136,570. The central issue in this appeal is whether appellant was primarily liable on that debt or whether he was simply an accommodation party and, thus, only a surety on it. We hold that he was primarily liable on the debt and affirm the circuit court's decision.

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