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BRADLEY v. SWIFT & COMPANY

36146, 36147.

93 Ga. App. 842 (1956)

93 S.E.2d 364

BRADLEY v. SWIFT & COMPANY; and vice versa.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Paxson Amis, Malcolm C. Tarver, for plaintiff in error.

Hardin & McCamy, contra.

CARLISLE, J.

1. "The construction of a contract is a question of law for the court." Code § 20-701.

"In differentiating contracts of suretyship from contracts of guaranty, Justice Cobb, speaking for the court in the case of Manry v. Waxelbaum, 108 Ga. 14, 17 (33 S. E. 701), said: `One difference is pointed out by our code. It says that a contract of suretyship "differs from a guaranty in this, that the consideration of the latter is a benefit...

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