Durden v. Durden

In the present case, where a trover action was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant on a bill of sale to recover a certain described mule, and where it appears from the evidence that the plaintiff signed as surety a note for $154.20, executed on December 12, 1931, by the defendant to a third party for the purchase-price of a different mule, and upon default by the defendant in payment the plaintiff, on March 2, 1932, paid the note and had it transferred to him, together with a bill of sale of said mules, which had been given by the defendant to the seller to secure the payment of…