Legal Opinion

Symmes v. Cauble

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided September 2, 1905PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Before Gag$, J., Greenville, December, 1904. Action by Whitner Symmes against J. O. Cauble and T. E. Harris. From' Circuit decree, defendant, Cauble, appeals. cite: Distinction between guarantor and surety: 14 Ency., 1130-; Brandt on Sur., secs. 1, 260'; 16 P'. & P., 941; 10 Pick., 121; 83 Am. St. R., 305. Relation unchanged after judgment: 1 Black on Jud., sec. 8, et seq.; Brandt on Sur., 27; Code of 1902, 2839, 2840; Free on Jud., sec. 226; 2- Rand.

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Before Gag$, J., Greenville, December, 1904. Action by Whitner Symmes against J. O. Cauble and T. E. Harris. From' Circuit decree, defendant, Cauble, appeals. cite: Distinction between guarantor and surety: 14 Ency., 1130-; Brandt on Sur., secs. 1, 260'; 16 P'. & P., 941; 10 Pick., 121; 83 Am. St. R., 305. Relation unchanged after judgment: 1 Black on Jud., sec. 8, et seq.; Brandt on Sur., 27; Code of 1902, 2839, 2840; Free on Jud., sec. 226; 2- Rand. Comp*. Pa., sec. 925; 1 Hill Ch., 351. Release of Gilreath discharged Cauble: 14 Ency., 1162; 27 Ency., 462. cites: Cause of action merges into…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chief Justice Pope.

On the 21st day of December, 1883, the following note was made tO' the plaintiff, to wit:

“$2,195.00'. One day after date, I promise to pay to Whitner Symmes twenty-one hundred and ninety-five dollars, value rec., interest after date at the rate of ten per cent, per annum.
“Witness my hand and seal this the twenty-first day of Dec. A. D. (1883) eighteen hundred and eighty-three.
“T. E. Harris (D. S.)
“Belton Gilreath, surety.”

The following indorsement was on the back of the note: “For value rec’d we guarantee the payment of the…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Meyer v. BouchierSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1917
  2. Poole v. BradhamSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1927

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