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PEARA v. ATLANTA NEWSPAPERS, INC.

44275.

120 Ga. App. 163 (1969)

169 S.E.2d 670

PEARA v. ATLANTA NEWSPAPERS, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 20, 1969.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Robert R. Harlin, Sidney J. Nurkin, for appellant.

B. Hugh Ansley, for appellee.

BELL, Presiding Judge.

"A contract of suretyship must be strictly construed in the interest of the surety." Maryland Cas. Co. v. McAlpin, 31 Ga.App. 303 (1) (120 SE 653). A surety's liability will not be extended by implication or interpretation. Williams Valve Co. v. Amorous, 19 Ga.App. 155 (91 SE 240). Code § 103-103. "The undertaking of a surety being stricti-juris, he cannot, in law or equity, be bound further than the very terms of his...

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