Castle Petroleum Co. v. Becker Company

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Reversing.

The Becker Company brought this action against the Castle Petroleum Company, C. H. Castle, Fred Howes and Claud Buckingham, upon two notes, one for $248.00, due in thirty days, and the other for $248.85, due, in sixty days, both dated January 6, 1923. The defendants, Castle, Howes and Buckingham, filed a joint answer in which they alleged that the Castle Petroleum Com pany was the principal in the notes and they were only sureties; that it was agreed between plaintiff and them that the notes sued on were to be signed by them and one John F.…