Binnian v. Jennings

Citations

• 14 Wash. 677
• 45 P. 302
• 1896 Wash. LEXIS 435

Syllabus

<p>PRINCIPAL AND SURETY — EXTENSION OF TIME OF PAYMENT — CONSIDERATION— TRIAL — JUDICIAL COMMENT ON FACTS.</p> <p>An extention of the time of payment of a promissory note in consideration of the payment of interest in advance, will discharge a surety, when made without his knowledge or assent.</p> <p>The fact that the court in charging the jury, rehearses the plaintiff’s or defendant’s theory of the case is not a comment on the facts in violation of the constitutional inhibition.</p>