84 Ga. 472 | Ga. | 1890
Omitting details, the substance of the special plea in its final shape as amended was, that the creditor, by certain representations and assurances relied upon by the surety, induced the latter to forbear the exercise of vigilance for his own protection, and to part with assets which afterwards came to his hands from the principal sufficient to discharge the debt, out of which assets, had the surety not been induced to consider himself as discharged from liability, he could and would have secured himself. The principal being or having become insolvent, and having removed from the State, the surety