Morris v. Perkins

By the Court, Prim, C. J.:

This was an action in which appellant sought to obtain a judgment upon two promissory notes made by respondent as surety, and H. Boyd as. principal, for the sum of four thousand dollars.

Respondent for answer to the complaint of appellant, alleges that on the second day of February, 1876, said Boyd requested respondent to become his surety on the notes in question, representing to respondent that he wished to raise said sum of money by loan to use in his business as a broker, and that respondent, for the purpose of aiding said Boyd to raise said sum of money, signed…