Bank v. Walter

Beaed, J".

Tbe suit is upou -two notes for $988.33 each, dated March 21, 1896, due at sixty-days, made by defendant and one Vaughn Hartman, now deceased, payable to the complainant bank.

The defendant was surety, and his defense is that the bank and the principal debtor entered into an agreement, upon valuable consideration, for an extension of time upon the notes, without his consent,' which operated to release him.

The Chancellor decreed in favor of the bank, and the defendant appealed. The Court of -Chancery Appeals affirmed the Chancellor’s decree, and the defendant has appealed to this…