Roberson-Ruffin Co. v. Spain

There were two civil actions on notes, respectively for $275 and $240, begun in the recorder’s court and tried on appeal in the Superior Court, where, by consent, the actions were consolidated. These notes were signed by the defendants J. J. Spain and J. E. Bul-luck and were executed to Winslow Brothers for certain mules bought of them. The defendant Bulluck signed these notes as surety for Spain, but the suretyship does not appear on the face of the note. The defendant Bulluck contended that said notes -were assigned by the payees to the plaintiff in purusuance of a contract between it and…