Woodburn v. Carter

Action by the appellee, as the payee, against the appellants, as makers, of a promissory note. McCullough, one of the defendants, made default. Woodburn and Phillips, the other defendants, answered in four special paragraphs. Each paragraph of the answer alleges that the defendants pleading it are and were sureties on the note for McCullough, their co-defendant, and each sets up and relies upon an extension of the time of payment of the note by an agreement between their principal and the payee of the note without their knowledge or consent.

There was a demurrer to each paragraph of the…