Brady v. Reynolds
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Fourth District. Plaintiff had judgment below, and defendant appealed. The facts appear in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
Terry, C. J. concurring.
This action is brought to charge the defendant as indorser upon a promissory note of one Minier. The note is payable to one William Smith, and previously to its delivery to the payee, was indorsed by Harper and brother and the defendant. These parties were accommodation indorsers; they placed their names on the paper to "assist the maker in obtaining money upon it. *32The indorsement was made by them upon an agreement with each other that they would each become surety if the other would, or, in other words, that they would become sureties together. The indorsement is not…
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