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6 Tex. 149

Terrel v. Townsend

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1851

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1851-07-01

This suit was brought by the appellee against the appellant and another upon two joint and several promissory notes made by the defendants and one Conkrite, and payable to plaintiff.

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Decided 1851-07-01

How this case has been cited

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently November 1962

4 state decisions

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"Wheeler, J.

¶1It is unnecessary to enter upon the inquiry as to what acts or omissions of the holder of negotiable paper will operate to discharge a surety upon it, as it is evident that the pleas in tiffs case do not allege any act or omission which could have that effect. They state no facts which constituted in law a defeuse to the action. There is therefore no error in the judgment, and it is affirmed.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

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