Strickland v. Vance

Lumpkin, Justice.

In a transaction between Vance and bis wife on- tbe- one side, and Anderson on tbe other, tbe particulars of which are immaterial, tbe Vances executed and delivered to Anderson their negotiable promissory note, signed, as joint *532makers and not disclosing the fact of suretyship on the part' of the wife. This note was secured by a mortgage on her property. Anderson offered the note for sale, before its maturity, to Strickland, who declined to purchase it, but stated to Anderson that if he would procure an exactly similar note payable to Strickland himself, and secured by a…