Wichita Mill & Elevator Co. v. Burrus

C. H. Burrus, appellee, instituted this suit against the Wichita Mill Elevator Company, a partnership composed of Frank Kell and M. Lasker, and the City National Bank of Wichita Falls, to cancel a certain bond executed by R. G. Way Co., as principals, and J. A. Jordan, R. W. Groves, and C. H. Burrus, as sureties, payable to the Wichita Mill Elevator Company, in the sum of $2,000. It is alleged that one Morgan, the agent of the Wichita Mill Elevator Company, procured appellee's signature upon a fraudulent representation that E. R. Hayne, B. O. McWhirter, and J. W. Groves would sign the bond,…