Cox v. Ellsworth

This is an appeal from the district court for Adams county. Plaintiff, Eli H. Cox, brought suit against the defendants, C. C. Ellsworth and S. J. Boemer, and alleged in his petition that on the 28th day of June, 1907, the defendants made their two promissory notes to the Clark Implement Company in the sum of $708.50; that about the 1st day of December, 1907, the notes matured; that plaintiff signed said notes as surety at the request of defendants; that at their maturity the defendant Boemer paid one-half thereof, and agreed with plaintiff “to pay the other half as soon as he could;” that the…