Shur-Gain Feed Div. v. Huntsville Production

This is an action on a contract.

The plaintiff sued defendant on a contract of guaranty. After an ore tenus hearing, the trial court entered judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $4,500. Plaintiff appeals.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in determining that defendant was not plaintiff's guarantor. We hold that it did and reverse.

The record reveals the following: Plaintiff is in the business of manufacturing and selling chicken feed. The defendant is a financial institution which makes agricultural loans to farmers.

In 1974, defendant became a creditor of…