Anderson v. Armistead

An action on a promissory note was brought by H. C. Anderson against M. M. Stephenson and W. A. Harris, as residents of Clarke county, and J. M. Armistead as a resident of Oglethorpe county, in the city court of Athens, Clarke county. He alleged that Stephenson executed and delivered to S. B. Wilkins the note sued upon, and that it was indorsed by Anderson, Armistead, and Harris, as sureties of Stephenson. The petition • set forth that Wilkins, the original payee of the note, discounted it with the Georgia National Bank of Athens, and that it was not paid at its maturity; that after its…