Edwards v. Hatch

ALEXANDER, Justice.

A. L. Hatch brought this suit against B. T. Edwards, J. J. Johnson, and Edwards-Dorris Company, a corporation, to recover on a promissory note in the sum of $910.50, of date February 15, 1927, executed by the defendants and payable to the order of the Bruceville State Bank. A trial before a jury resulted in judgment for the plaintiff. The defendants B. T. Edwards and J. J. Johnson appealed.

The defendant Edwards alleged that he was an accommodation maker on the note; that he executed the note long after it had been delivered to the bank, without. having received any…