196 Ga. App. 286 - Hendricks v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 185 Ga. App. 351 - Whitehead v. Cuffie · Overcash v. First National Bank · 185 Ga. App. 122 - Roberts v. Langdale · Schwitzerlet-Seigler Co. v. Citizens & Southern Bank · 139 Ga. App. 324 - Samples v. Kamp-N-Go Systems, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“Generally, discharge of the principal debtor also discharges the surety. [Cits.] If a creditor reserves all rights against a surety in discharging a principal debtor, and that discharge of the principal is done with the knowledge and consent of the surety, discharge of the surety does not necessarily follow. [Cit.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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