Wright v. Bell

Pleasants, J..

This was an action of assumpsit brought by Asa Gaffield, appellant’s testator, upon a promissory note dated Dec. 7, 1874, for $1,000, payable in one year, with interest at ten per cent, signed by all the appellees.

Joe Bell made default, but the other defendants set up suretyship and a valid agreement between plaintiff and him for an extension of the time of payment without their consent, and this was the issue; upon the trial of which they obtained a verdict and judgment thereon for their costs.

It was fully proved that they signed the note as sureties merely, and they claimed…