Lee v. Forman
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 28 — PETITION ORDINARY — ' APPEAL PROM MASON CIRCUIT COURT. cited Rev. Skit., sec. 7, chap. 97; 1 Maddock's Ch’y., page 236; 1 Parsons on Contracts, 35, 31, 32; Story on Contracts, secs. 856, 885, Comyn on Contracts, 401,402; 3 'New Iiamp. Rep., 270; Act of 1798, 2 Slat. Law, 1437; Act of 1828, lb., 1442.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Simpson
Joseph Forman, Stephen Morgan, and Edward P. Lee were the joint sureties of Sami. W. Owens, in a note for the sum of $750. One half of the debt, when it became due, was paid by each of the two first named sureties.
This action was brought by Joseph Forman, one of the two sureties who paid the debt, against Samuel W. Owens, the •principal, and the other co-security, Edward P. Lee, to recover a judgment against the former for the amount which the plaintiff had paid as his surety, and against the latter, for the proportion which he ought to contribute towards the payment of the debt.. The…
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