Pelham v. Rawleigh Co.

1. It is well-settled law that the principal debtor and a guarantor can not be sued as codefendants in the same action. Etheridge v. Rawleigh Co., 29 Ga. App. 698 (1) (116 S. E. 903), and authorities cited.

2. Under the ruling in Etheridge v. Rawleigh Co., supra, and Rawleigh Co. v. Salter, 31 Ga. App. 329, the contract in the instant case (on which the alleged sureties were sued in the same action which was brought against the principal debtor) was one of guaranty, and, the principal debtor and the guarantors having been joined as codefendants in the same suit, the trial judge erred in…