Moriarty v. Bagnetto

Citations

• 110 La. 598
• 34 So. 701
• 1903 La. LEXIS 680

Syllabus

<p>ACTION ON LEASE — DEFENSES—SURETY-RELEASE.</p> <p>1. Where a person binds himself in solido with a lessee for the obligations of a written lease, waives discussion and division, and, when sued thereon, judicially admits that he became a .party to such lease and to the rent notes given in accordance -with its provisions, and there is nothing to show that he contracted in any other ■capacity than as appears, the defense that, as surety, he is discharged by reason of the prolongation of the terms of payment granted by the lessor to the lessee, cannot be sustained.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>