Legal Opinion

Robinson v. Jennings

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 8, 1870PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Case 64 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM GARRARD CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Story’s Equity Jurisprudence, secs. 492, 493, 76, 77, 78, 89, 97. Revised Statutes, sec. 7, chap. 97, sec. 14, 2 Stanton, 400. Revised Statutes, sec. 2, art. 3, chap. 63. Pitman on Principal and Surety, sec. 15. Williams on Personal Property, 105. Chitty on Contracts, 597-815. Adams’s Equity, 269. 8 Dana, 202, . . . v. Bank of Kentucky. 1 B. Monroe, 27, Hawkins’s adm’r v. Craig and wife. 6 Dana, 148, Nancy…

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Case 64 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM GARRARD CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Story’s Equity Jurisprudence, secs. 492, 493, 76, 77, 78, 89, 97. Revised Statutes, sec. 7, chap. 97, sec. 14, 2 Stanton, 400. Revised Statutes, sec. 2, art. 3, chap. 63. Pitman on Principal and Surety, sec. 15. Williams on Personal Property, 105. Chitty on Contracts, 597-815. Adams’s Equity, 269. 8 Dana, 202, . . . v. Bank of Kentucky. 1 B. Monroe, 27, Hawkins’s adm’r v. Craig and wife. 6 Dana, 148, Nancy (of color) v. Snell. 2 Bush, 179, Robinson, &c. v. Miller. 6 Vesey, 805. Theob. on Prim, sec. 266. 6 M. & W. 168. 2…

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE PETERS

delivered the opinion oe the court.

In 1861 appellant and appellee, as joint sureties of T. B. & A. J. Jennings, executed a note to John H. Miller for three thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars. On the 23d of January, 1862, appellant paid on said note one thousand dollars. The principal obligors being insolvent, the sureties paid no more of said note, having been released therefrom by a contract between the principals and the holder of the note for indulgence by the payment of usurious interest.

In February, 1868, appellant, upon notice previously given, moved the Garrard…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Porter v. BedellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
  2. Kee v. LoftonCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1987
  3. Cepel v. SmallcombNebraska Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. SousleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
  5. Sun Co., Inc. (R & M) v. Browning-Ferris, Inc.District Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 1996

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