Griffin v. H. C. Whitmer Co.

1. “The principal and surety on a note are jointly and severally liable.” Armstrong v. Citizens &c. Bank, 145 Ga. 861, 864 (90 S. E. 44); Heard v. Tappan, 116 Ga. 930 (43 S. E. 375); Reid v. Flippen, 47 Ga. 273; White v. Hart, 35 Ga. 269; McMillan v. Heard National Bank, 19 Ga. App. 148 (91 S. E. 235); Burson v. Shields, 160 Ga. 723, 730 (129 S. E. 22); Smith v. Moore, 45 Ga. App. 708 (165 S. E. 765), and cit. Therefore when a- joint action is brought against a principal and a surety, and the plaintiff by amendment voluntarily dismisses his action against the principal, the surety is not…