American Bonding Co. v. Laigle Stave & Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Bradley Circuit Court; E. E. Williams, Special Judge; 1. Anders, by drawing on the Bradley Lumber Company for the $4,492, expressly requested that company, to that extent, to pay the note of the appellee, of which he and others wrere joint makers. Where one person, at the request of another, pays an obligation for which the other is legally liable, he can recover the amount so paid from the person for whose benefit it was paid. 28 Conn. 455; 13 La.
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Appeal from Bradley Circuit Court; E. E. Williams, Special Judge; 1. Anders, by drawing on the Bradley Lumber Company for the $4,492, expressly requested that company, to that extent, to pay the note of the appellee, of which he and others wrere joint makers. Where one person, at the request of another, pays an obligation for which the other is legally liable, he can recover the amount so paid from the person for whose benefit it was paid. 28 Conn. 455; 13 La. Ann. 627; 97 N. W. 1056, 91 Minn. 339; 58 Atl. 714, 77 Conn. 155, 27 Cyc.' 833-837. 2. Where several are indebted on an obligation,…
1Opinion of the Court
McCulloch, C. J..Appellant, as assignee of the Bradley Lumber Company, instituted this action in the circuit court of Bradley County against the Laigle Stave & Lumber Company, a domestic corporation, and certain persons, to recover from them the sum of $4,492 and interest, the amount paid by the Bradley Lumber Company on a draft drawn on it by M. J. Anders, one of the defendants, who was secretary and manager of the Laigle Stave & Lumber Company.
The Bradley Lumber Company was, and is, a foreign corporation, with domicile and principal offices at St. Louis, Missouri. It also maintained offices…
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