Rickert v. Craddock

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The action in the district court was on a promissory note. ' The plaintiff recovered and the defendants appeal.

On September 25, 1910, W. F. Craddock borrowed $500 from the plaintiff and gave his note, due in six months. G. Porter Craddock and C. H. Drew signed the note as sureties. W. F. Craddock was at that time engaged in the mercantile business at Richfield, Kan. In the summer of 1911 he became financially embarrassed and a large number of commercial accounts were placed in the hands of Samuel Yaggy, an attorney of Syracuse,…