Candler v. Neal & Son Inc.

1. The indorser of a county order is “liable according to the terms of his indorsement, as in commercial paper.” Civil Code (1910), § 583. The indorser of any instrument, whether it be negotiable or otherwise, including- county orders, is liable thereon to his indorsee for the debt represented in the instrument, and “to pay the money if the parties to the instrument primarily liable thereon fail to pay according to the terms thereof” (§ 4279), and “engages that on due presentment, it [the instrument indorsed] shall be accepted or paid, or both, as the case may be, according- to its tenor, and…