Lumbermans Bank & Trust Co. v. Sevier

The plaintiff bank commenced this action in the superior court for Cowlitz county, seeking recovery from the defendant Sevier upon a continuing guaranty, executed and delivered by him to the bank, guaranteeing to it payment of indebtedness due and to become due to it by H. W. Auto Exchange, a copartnership. Trial upon the merits in that court, sitting without a jury, resulted in judgment awarding recovery to the bank, from which Sevier has appealed to this court.

As we view this record, the controlling facts, well established by the evidence, may be summarized as follows: On December 2, 1925,…