Bank v. . Knox

The note for six thousand dollars being unpaid, suit was instituted, judgment recovered for the amount, and execution pressed against the sureties. They, through their attorney, applied to the attorney of the plaintiffs for indulgence to enable them to realize the value of Rogerson's property conveyed for their indemnity; but this was refused unless they consented to make a new note for the amount of both the debts due the plaintiffs by Rogerson. The attorney of Knox and McMorine asked if this incorporation of the debt to which they were not sureties, with that for which they were bound,…