Phœnix Iron Works Co. v. Rhea

This bill was filed in the Chancery Court of Davidson County against the defendants, Isaac T. Rhea and Thomas W. Wrenne, as sureties on three promissory notes, executed by the Savannah Street Railway and payable to complainant, the Phoenix Iron Works Company. The railroad company, as principal, was not sued, but the suit *462is alone against the sureties. The railroad company was engaged in operating a system of electric railway in Savannah, Ga., and complainant, the Phoenix Iron Company, sold to the street railway company a steam plant, consisting of steam engines, boilers, and other appliances.…