Beachy v. Jones

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

These appeals pertain to distinct but related phases of an action to recover on a promissory note for $4,-500 given by Henry D. Jones to William Campbell, who sold and guaranteed the note to Richard Beachy.

Campbell and Beachey are competing bankers in the little town of Esbon in Jewell county. Jones is a farmer residing in Smith county, 18 miles southwest of Esbon.

During the year 1916, one H. J. Egan, a comparative stranger who had been in that locality for a short time, to*238gether with Charles Campbell, a son of William Campbell' called on…