Marshall v. Dixon
Supreme Court of Georgia
Debtor and creditor. Principal and surety. Subrogation. Contracts. Mortgages. Merger. Before Judge Bower. Decatur superior court. May term, 1888. .Reported in tbe decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice,
Dixon sold a horse to Murphy for $100. Murphy and Marshall gave a joint note for the price, which note contained also a mortgage upon the horse. The debt became due in October, and on the second of December thereafter’, a credit was entered upon the note for $60,' which included $50, the agreed price of the horse on his repurchase by Dixon from Murphy, together with $10 otherwise paid. In the contract of repurchase, Dixon agreed that Murphy might redeem the horse by paying the whole debt, provided he paid it by.the first of January thereafter. He failed to comply with…
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