Gillam v. . Walker

The main questions in this suit are: (1) Were M. B. Gillam and Robert P. Walker sureties on the W. C. Spruill note, and can Gillam sue Walker for contribution? (2) Can this fact be shown by parol evidence?

The defendant Walker contends that the note speaks for itself; that Gillam is an “accommodation maker” and Walker an “accommodation endorser”; that Gillam’s liability is primary to that of Walker, and that when he paid the note, he did so voluntarily in discharge of that liability, thereby discharging the note, and that he cannot now call upon Walker for contribution; that parol evidence is…