Cook v. Sorrells
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from County Court, Jefferson County; B. T. Price, Judge. Action by Jesse P. Cook against G. W. Sorrells and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtTurner, J.
On February 14, 1910, Jesse P. Cook, plaintiff in error, as payee, in the county court of Jefferson county, sued Geo. W. Sorrells, as principal, and R. E. Bollinger and W. L. T. Hilton, defendants in error, as sureties, on a promissory-note for $359, made, executed, and delivered to said Cook on January 23, 1908, in payment for a span of mules. There was judgment by default against Sorrells. For answer the sureties pleaded that plaintiff, instead of collecting the note when due, for a valuable consideration agreed with the principal debtor to extend the time of payment several months, by…
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