Chemical Co. v. . Griffin

During the year 1928, C. Roy Griffin operated a farm in Edgecombe County and purchased certain fertilizer from the plaintiff corporation through its agent, W. L. Reason. He was unable to pay for same. C. Roy Griffin testified that in the latter part of 1928, or in the early part of 1929, he had a conversation with the agent, Reason, with respect to furnishing fertilizer for the year 1929. In this conversation Reason agreed to furnish fertilizer for the year 1929 on open account, upon condition that C. Griffin, the father of C. Roy Griffin, would endorse a note for the amounts due for…