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3 Ark. 167

Preston v. Davis

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 15, 1847

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1847-07-15

Debt, determined in the Desha Circuit Court. Declaration: “Whitley Preston complains of Samuel H. Davis and Frederic Notrebe, of a plea,” «fee. &c. “For that, whereas, the said Samuel H. Davis, heretofore, to wit: on the 21st day of June, 1841, at the county aforesaid, made his certain wilting obligatory, sealed with his seal, and now here to the court shown, the date whereof is the same day and year aforesaid,by which he promised, sixty days after date, to pay to Whitley…

Decided 1847-07-15

Oldham, J.

¶1The liability of the" defendant, Davis, is upon a writing obligatory, for four hundred and ten dollars and thirty cents; that of Notrebe as guarantor upon the back of the-writing obligatory. Their undertakings were distinct and different, and did not create a joint liability.

¶2A joint action cannot be maintained against the principal debtor, and a mere guarantor, either at common law or by statute. There is clearly a misjoinder of parties, and the Circuit Court for that reason properly sustained the demurrer to the declaration. Affirmed.

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