Stearns v. Jones
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMILTON Appeal from the Chancery Court of Hamilton County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals, from the Supreme Court. —W. B. Garvin, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
Ms. Justice Williams
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Complainant filed the hill of complaint to enforce the liability of defendant Jones as a guarantor. The chancellor and the court of civil appeals decreed in favor of complainant.
One of the questions raised in the assignment of error in support of petition for certiorari is that the contract of guaranty was satisfied, it not being a continuing one.
Stearns is a wholesale merchant, and Jones guaranteed -payment for sales made by him to a firm of Peters & Soulyet up to $1,500, without naming any time limit.
In defense, it is urged that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Drummond v. Executors of PrestmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
- Newcomb v. KloeblenSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1909
3Cited by9 opinions
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- Hassell-Hughes Lumber Co. v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1949
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Associated Nursery Systems, Inc., S. Frank Guinn, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
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