DeCottes v. Jeffers, Cothran & Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the Eastern Circuit for Duval County. The facts of the case are set out. in the opinion of the Court, to which reference is made.
1Opinion of the CourtDuPont, J.
This is a suit in Equity, instituted in the Circuit Court of Duval County, by the appellees against the appellants, to enforce certain covenants contained in a mortgage of indemnity. The bill sets forth the following state of facts:
DeCottes, the defendant, being desirous of obtaining a loan from the Bank of Hamburg, in the State of South Carolina, procured the signature of the complainants, as sureties on the note, which was discounted by the Bank ; and in order to secure, indemnify and save them harmless from any loss, by reason of his failure to protect the said note and its renewals, he…
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