Carter County Bank v. Craft Industries, Inc.

OPINION

PARROTT, Presiding Judge.

This case comes to us on an appeal from an order of summary judgment. The judge below ruled that Ronald B. Ison and Ginger H. Ison, appellees here, who were guarantors of a promissory note held by appellant, Carter County Bank, had been discharged from any liability under the note due to the execution of a new promissory note with different guarantors on the same debt. To rule as he did, the judge below had to conclude that there was no genuine issue as to any material fact and that appellees were entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.

After a review of the…