McClure Newspapers, Inc. v. Brown

This is an appeal by defendant Paul E. Brown from an'order of the Chittenden Superior Court awarding plaintiff a judgment against the defendant on a surety bond. We affirm.

On appeal, defendant raises three issues for review by this Court: (1) plaintiff was estopped from asserting any liability against defendant as surety; (2) plaintiff discharged defendant as surety by altering the underlying agreement; and (3) plaintiff failed to bear its burden of proof that certain security held by plaintiff was of insufficient value to satisfy the underlying obligation.

In 1978, defendant’s two stepsons…