May v. Waniger
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Hidalgo County Court; J. H. Edwards, Judge. Action by J. T. Waniger against 'Harry May. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEly, C. J.
This is a suit on a joint and several promissory note for $1,000, payable to appellee, executed by the John Gowdy Manufacturing Company, Harry May, and E. S. Short. Only May was sued, and it was alleged that he had guaranteed the payment of the note by signing a contemporaneous written contract. Appellant answered that he had signed the note as a guarantor with E. L. Short for the John Gowdy Manufacturing Company, that appellee knew that he had signed the note only as a guarantor, and that the People’s Manufacturing Company had .been substituted for the John Gowdy Manufacturing Company, as…
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