Newton v. Mann

In separate actions in the district court the respective defendants in error, as plaintiffs, sued plaintiff in error, defendant below, upon two promissory notes for the principal amounts of some $15,000, held by plaintiffs individually and which they alleged were endorsed and payment guaranteed by defendant. As grounds for defense the answer of defendant pleaded: A general denial; that action on the notes was barred by the statute of limitations; that there was no consideration for his endorsement and guaranty, and that, with the knowledge of plaintiffs, the Texana Oil Company, the maker of…