Willis v. Willis

BRANNON, Judge:

H. H. Willis made a negotiable note to Jesse H. Willis, as payee. On its back are found the names of S. 0. Hester, J. H. Willis, EL H. Willis, David Slocum, and E. L. Nixon, indorsed in that order. Jesse H. Willis paid it. He made an assignment of his assets to B. B. Stout, as trustee, for the benefit of creditors; and he and Stout, as trustee, brought a chancery suit against Slocum, as the only solvent party, to make Slocum pay half of what Jesse H. Willis had paid in satisfying said note, on the theory of contribution. David Slocum filed an answer, verified by him, averring…