Akers v. Gillentine

231 S.W.2d 369 (1950)

AKERS

v.

GILLENTINE et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 28, 1948.

Hoyt Bryson, of Woodbury, for appellant.

Sterling S. Brown, Woodbury, for appellees.

BURNETT, Justice.

This cause was heard by the Chancellor on the bill and the demurrer thereto of all defendants except one who filed a plea in abatement. The decree sustained the grounds of demurrer setting up the statutes of limitation of three and seven years and the plea in abatement:

The bill, as amended, alleges in substance that Akers, the appellant here, was a surety on the guardian bond of W.T. Gillentine who was…