Hamilton v. Burgess

The only questions presented by this record arose on the pleadings, and the principal insistence of error, as indicated by the assignment of errors, is the action of the court in overruling defendant's demurrer to plaintiff's replications two and four.

Appellee sued appellants on a promissory note, and among other defenses defendants pleaded as follows:

"The defendants for further answer to the complaint plead and say:

"A. That the defendant, H. H. Hamilton in Nov. 1930 was a practicing attorney at law and is the principal debtor herein, the defendant S. L. Hamilton being a surety merely. That…