Gentry v. Whittaker
Gentry v. Whittaker
Opinion of the Court
Response by
In this case, the surety has not been allowed to recover for a greater or different sum than that claimed in his petition. He paid, as surety for Whittaker, $2,200. To raise $1,200 of this sum the mortgage was executed; being compelled to take up the mortgage debt, he, in conjunction with the mortgages, sued to foreclose it. Appellees pleaded payment, and in attempting to support their pleas,the proof makes it appear that the entire debt due from Whittaker to Gentry is $2,200. For one thousand of this amount he had no security. This court, as an act of justice to him, holds that the proceeds on the release of the land Garnett allowed to be sold,
The mortgage has never been released nor the mortgage debt extinguished, and the mortgagees are asking that it be foreclosed for the benefit of Gentry. There is no legal reason why he should be denied the relief sought.
Petition overruled.
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