National Mortgage Corp. v. Bullard

National Mortgage Corporation brought a suit against Mrs. J. B. Wells, J. B. Wells, and M. M. Bullard, to recover on an alleged indebtedness claimed to be due as a balance on promissory notes. Bullard interposed a general demurrer, which the court sustained, dismissing the petition as to that defendant, and the plaintiff excepted. The suit at first appeared to be a mere action at law, but was amended so as to seek the aid of the court as a court of equity for the recovery of a judgment against M. M. Bullard as one who had assumed the debt upon the purchase of certain property from Mrs. Wells.…