Anderson v. Chandler

Hemphill, Ch. J.

The plaintiff below, (who is defendant in error in this Court,) brought suit against the defendants below, (plaintiffs in error,) on a joint promissory note, executed by the defendants and one J. W. Lann, who was not named as defendant, and against whom there was no judgment. The other makers of the note having failed to appear, judgment was entered against them by default, and they say there was error in not making Lann a party and not rendering judgment against him, or showing some reason why the same was not done.

The general rule is, that all joint obligors or contractors…