Leonard v. County Court of Jackson County
West Virginia Supreme Court
Snyder, Jud&e, furnishes the following statement ot the case: The board of supervisors of Jackson county, by orders made and entered of record September 2,1867, and October 7,1867, appointed R. S. Brown and others commissioners to contract for the building of a bridge across Big Sandy creek near Ravenswood, in said county, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions specified therein.
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Snyder, Jud&e, furnishes the following statement ot the case: The board of supervisors of Jackson county, by orders made and entered of record September 2,1867, and October 7,1867, appointed R. S. Brown and others commissioners to contract for the building of a bridge across Big Sandy creek near Ravenswood, in said county, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions specified therein. Pursuant to the authority thus vested in them, the commissioners, on October 29,1867, made a contract with George K. Leonard, by which the latter agreed to build said bridge according to the plan and…
1Opinion of the Court
Snyder, Judge:
The counsel lor the appellants, to sustain this appeal, has referred to and relies upon the following legal propositions:
The contract of suretyship imports entire good faith and confidence between the parties in regard to the whole transaction. The creditor is bound to observe good faith with the surety. He must withhold nothing, conceal nothing, release nothing which may possibly benefit the surety. If any stipulations, therefore, are made between the creditor and the debtor, which are not communicated to the surety, and are *52inconsistent with the terms of his contract or are…
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