Worthey v. First State Bank, Milford

HALL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the payee on a promissory note.

First State Bank, Milford, Texas, brought this suit against appellant J. D. Worthey and also against J. Dale Edwards to recover on a promissory note in the principal sum of $8,000.00. The note is signed by Worthey and Edwards as “principals” on lines marked “borrower(s),” and Bank is payee. Wor-they’s signature precedes Edwards’s on the face of the note. However, Bank alleged that Edwards was maker of the note and that Worthey “indorsed said note and agreed to guarantee payment thereof.” Worthey…