Poole v. Bradham

The appellant has filed a petition for rehearing of so much of this case as pertains to the liability of the estate of Abe Levi, deceased, upon the ground that the Court in its opinion overlooked material questions of law and fact which, if they had not been overlooked, would have led the Court to conclude that the estate of Levi is liable under his guaranty despite the release of Purdy and Bland from their guaranty upon the same bond.

I. In its opinion, under the authority of Massey v. Brown,4 S.C. 85, the Court announced the rule that in equity the discharge of one surety operates to…