Dillard ex rel. Walker v. Walker

There was no error in the trial of this action.

The defendants contended at the trial that the agreement of the defendant, J. W. Walker, with the plaintiff, as alleged in the petition, and as shown by the evidence offered by the plaintiff, is a special promise by the defendant to answer the debt, default, or miscarriage of the Merchants and Manufacturers Bank, and that as such agreement was not in writing, or evidenced by a memorandum, or note, in writing, signed by the defendant, or by some person thereunto lawfully authorized by him, the action to charge the defendant upon such special…