Marine Savings Bank v. Young

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hoyt, J.

This action was brought to recover the amount alleged to be due upon a certain promissory note. The defendants who appeared in the action admitted the execution of the note, and defended solely upon the ground that they signed said note as sureties, and that, by the extension of the time of payment without their knowledge or consent, they had been released of all liability.

After the testimony had all been introduced, the court instructed the j ury, and at the close of its instructions presented to them forms of verdicts. One of these was in…