Southwestern Co. v. Wynnegar
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Prentiss county. Hon. J. H. Mitchell, Judge. " Suit by the Southwestern Company against T. J. Wynnegar and others/ From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals./ The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Many instructions were asked by appellant and refused by the court and a peremptory instruction given for appellees.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Prentiss county. Hon. J. H. Mitchell, Judge. " Suit by the Southwestern Company against T. J. Wynnegar and others/ From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals./ The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Many instructions were asked by appellant and refused by the court and a peremptory instruction given for appellees. It was developed during the progress of the trial that the same sureties were also sureties on a former contract between these same parties and on which there was a considerable balance due at the time of the execution of the…
1Opinion of the Court
■ Potter, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a suit brought by the Southwestern Company, a book publishing corporation of Nashville, Tenn., against T. J. Wynnegar on a letter of credit executed by T. J. Wynnegar and J. J. Taylor, as sureties guaranteeing the account of Paul Wynnegar for books, cash, etc., which the said Southwestern Company agreed to furnish and furnished to Paul Wynnegar.
The only question to be determined in this case is whether or not the sureties on the letter of credit sued on are released from liability thereon, because at the time the *415letter of credit under…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ham v. GreveIndiana Supreme Court · 1870
- Franklin Bank v. CooperSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1855
- First National Bank v. JohnsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
- Farmers' etc. N. Bank v. Braden, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Greene County1891
- Bank of Monroe v. GiffordSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
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- Bridges v. Miller Rubber Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1926
- Bridges v. Miller Rubber Co.Baltimore City Circuit Court · 1925
- Wynnegar v. Southwestern Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1919