Bryant v. Jones

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hurt

Reversing.

C. L. Jones, tlie husband of the appellee, Maud Jones, was the principal obligor, in a promissory note, which he owed to one Meadors, and the appellant, H. L. Bryant, was his surety, in the note. C. L. Jones, and his wife, Maude, were the joint owners of a house and lot in Williamsburg, and after the execution of the note to Meadors, by C. L. Jones, with the appellant, as his surety, and before the note became due, but, within twelve months of the time, upon which it would become due, C. L. Jones entered into a contract with Maud, by which she…