Hixon v. Reed

THE plaintiff in error and the defendant both became endorsers for Cyril Ward, on anote negotiable and payable on its face at the Washington Branch *175Bank; and the defendant in error was the payee of the note and first endorser, and the plaintiff in error the second. The note was. discounted by the bank, and before it came to maturity Ward became insolvent and left the state. The note was duly protested, and timely notice given to the now plaintiff and defendant, as his endorsers ; and the present defendant in error,. who Was plaintiff in the court below, discharged and took up the note; and as…