Belford v. Beatty

The appellees sued the appellant upon two promissory notes, and the appellant pleaded that they were given without consideration.

The transactions which ended in these notes begun by an order from- the San Juan Company, of which Belford was president, for goods, the payment being guaranteed by “ Belford, Clark & Co.-, A. Belford, President.” Drafts for various sums followed, upon which as acceptors and indorsers appeared, without much seeming regard as to which incurred liability, the names “ San Juan Company,” “ Belford, Clark & Co.” and “ Alexander Belford,” until finally, everything now in…