W. T. Rawleigh Co. v. Brown

The appellant, a corporation of the state of Illinois, sued the appellees as guarantors upon a contract of J. M. Dyar for certain merchandise furnished to Dyar by the appellant, and for which Dyar failed to pay. The appellees, guarantors on the contract of Dyar, defended below on the ground of fraud, which question was decided by the jury in favor of the guarantors. The appeal is from this judgment.

The case is this:

J. M. Dyar contracted with the appellant Rawleigh Company to purchase certain merchandise, which Dyar then retailed to different persons in Jones county, Miss. The appellees,…