Spiegel v. Mayhall

Appellant sued J. A. Mayhall, J. M. Newlin, R. L. Sims, and J. W. Key to recover on a note executed by them for the sum of $275, on which payments amounting to $100 had been made. Mayhall did not answer, and Newlin, Sims, and Key answered that they were only accommodation makers or sureties on the note, as was well known to appellant, the payee in the note, and that they had been discharged from all liability on the note because, after maturity of the note, appellant, for a consideration, had extended payment of the note without the knowledge or consent of the sureties. The cause was tried…