FELTON, Chief Judge.
1. The contract executed by the defendants was one of suretyship, rather than of guaranty, notwithstanding the references therein to such terms as "contract of guaranty," "guarantors," and "guarantee." It is the real intent of the parties and the substance of such an agreement which determine its character rather than its form or nomenclature. Fields v. Willis, 123 Ga. 272, 275-6 (51 SE 280); Moate v. H. L. Green Co.,
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