Texas Co. v. Hudson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; J. H. Stephens, Judge. Action by the Texas Company against "W. G. Hudson and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, C. J.
This snit is founded npon what the plaintiff contends is a contract of guaranty. The defense is that the instrument sued on was only an offer on the part of the defendants, and the other signers, to become guarantors, under the conditions stated in the document, and that, as the offer was not accepted by the Texas Company, to whom it was made, it did not become a contract. The defense was sustained by the district court, and the plaintiff has appealed.
The defendants are A. A. Belding, B. M. Dorrity, and W. G. Hudson. They were stockholders and directors of a Louisiana corporation called the…
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