Jordan v. Jordan
Tennessee Supreme Court
Appeal in error from the Circuit Court of Rutherford County. Robert Cantrell, J.
1Opinion of the CourtPolices, J.
This is an action upon a note executed by the plaintiff in error for $1,166.35, dated September 18th, 1860, and payable one day after date, to M. C. Jordan, guardian of the minor heirs of Joshua Johnson, deceased, for borrowed money, with ten per cent, interest on same until paid. The note is signed Richard W. "Williams, Clement Jordan, and A. E. Jordan, in the order named.
Plaintiff in error pleaded,—
First — Statute of limitations of six years.
Second — That he was only surety on the note, and that the defendant in error, for a valuable consideration paid by the principal, held up and failed…
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