Tucker v. Lingo

JONES, G. J.

E. H. Lingo, appellee and plaintiff below, filed this suit against F. Z. Bishop, of Bexar county, Tex., and W. E. Cary, of Cameron county, Tex., as the makers of a promissory note in the sum of $10,000, in favor of appellee and against Dick Tucker, appellant, as indorser on said note. Said note was also secured by deeds of trust on various pieces of real estate. The makers of the note did not answer in the ease, and appellant answered by filing a verified pleading, in which he set up the defense that he was only an indorser on the note and that indulgences had been given by…