Atwater v. . Farthing
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil aotior, heard before Starbuck, J., at October Term, 1895, of DurhaM Superior Court, on,appeal from a judgment rendered by a justice of the peace. The facts appear in the opinion of Associate Justice Furohes. There was judgment for the plaintiff and defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Furches, J.:
R. H. Atwater, wishing to borrow money, drew a note for $250, payable to J. F. Slaughter, Jr., cashier, and the plaintiff E. W. Atwater and the defendant Gr. C. Farthing endorsed the same for the accommodation of the principal R. H. Atwater, and he procured it to be discounted at the National Bank of Durham. The plaintiff endorsed this note some days before the defendant did. But both endorsed it before it was discounted. The plaintiff afterwards paid the balance of this note, amounting to about $185. And the principal, R. IT. Atwater, being insolvent and having left the State,…
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