Harris, J. Courts of law and of equity are governed by the same principles in determining whether a surety has been discharged by any thing done by his creditor. Defences of this character, Avhatever they once may have been, are no longer the subject of exclusive equity jurisdiction. Now, the same facts which will exonerate the surety from liability in equity, will constitute a suffi…
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