Van Winckel v. Carter

This is an equity suit for contribution by Cassius C. Carter, Jr., hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, against W. H. Van Winckel, hereinafter referred to as the defendant. The plaintiff’s bill alleged in substance that the C. & C. Fixture and Manufacturing Company, Inc., a corporation in which the two parties had a common interest as stockholders, directors and officers, had negotiated certain loans from the Alexandria National Bank, secured by the accommodation endorsements of the two parties on the corporation’s notes; that at the time of the endorsement of the notes it was agreed by…