First Bank of Houston v. Bradley

OPINION

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a Summary Judgment. Appellee (Bradley or Appellee) was one of several persons who signed guaranties for payment to Appellant (Bank or Appellant) of a number of promissory notes executed by Jack Heard during his campaign for Mayor of Houston in 1981.

On August 31, 1981, Appellee executed a guarantee agreement for the payment of $45,000. In his affidavits attached to his Motion for Summary Judgment and his reply to Appellant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, Appellee stated that on November 5, 1981, he orally communicated to the Bank’s…