Nevitt v. Bank of Port Gibson

The Chancellor.

This case was submitted upon the demurrer of the Bank of Port Gibson and R. M. Gaines, two of the defendants to the bill of complaint. The complainant alleges, in substance, that he became the surety of Throckmorton & Patterson, on a note for three thousand dollars, payable to Robbins, Painter & Co. at the Planter’s Bank at Natchez; that he had been in the ha bit of indorsing for Throckmorton & Patterson, and that when the note was presented to him for his signature, he understood and believed that it was intended as a renewal of some note or liability which Patterson informed…