Fowler v. Barlow Et Ux.

This is a petition in equity to foreclose a mortgage on real estate. The defendants have filed an answer in which they say that they were sureties or guarantors only, and that they are discharged from liability because there has been a material alteration of the note without their knowledge or consent; because the statute of limitations has run on the note and mortgage; and because Leray Fowler, one of the . makers of the note, died leaving an estate sufficient to pay the note in full, but the plaintiff made no attempt to collect the amount, and the estate has been disposed of.

A hearing was…