Washa v. Harris

Appellant Washa brought this suit to recover on a note dated May 14, 1921, for $1,102.50, executed by appellee Harris to the order of Krumpen Machine Company, and indorsed by the payee, “without recourse,” to appellant.

Harris owned a rice farm, and, on July 21,1919, contracted with Washa to drill a well to irrigate his land, for the contract price of $4,000, of which $3,000 was to be paid in cash upon the completion of the well and the balance of a thousand dollars one year thereafter. There was a guaranty that the well would furnish a flow of a thousand gallons of water per minute, and the…