CANO v. WALKER

No. S-16-634.

901 N.W.2d 251 (2017)

297 Neb. 580

Eric CANO, appellee, v. Michael WALKER, appellant, and Billy E. Claborn, Jr., appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed September 1, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren R. Whitted, Jr. , Omaha, and Keith A. Harvat , of Houghton, Bradford & Whitted, P.C., L.L.O., North Platte, for appellant.

Larry R. Forman , of Hillman, Forman, Childers & McCormack for appellee Eric Cano.

Heavican, C.J., Wright, Miller-Lerman, Cassel, Stacy, Kelch, and Funke, JJ.


This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to discharge judgment filed by one of two judgment debtors who were co-obligors on a promissory note. The issues raised by the parties require us to consider the applicability, and continued viability, of the common-law rule in contracts that "`[t]he unconditional release of one of several...

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