Standard Accident Insurance v. Standard Oil Co.

This is an appeal by Standard Accident Insurance Company from a judgment, on the pleadings, rendered by the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, whereby Standard Oil Company, Inc., in Kentucky, the plaintiff therein, was awarded the principal sum of $502.03, plus an attorney’s fee of $100.00, and interest thereon.

The parties concede that the sole question in this case is whether Sec. 253, Code of 1942, Rec., dealing with the discharge of a surety if the creditor fails to sue the principal debtor when notified' in accordance with the provisions of the statute, is…