Burkhart v. Brownfield

The appellee Brownfield instituted this suit against C. B. Burkhart and Z. G. Stewart to recover a balance of $265 due upon a certain note given in part payment for a Fordson tractor and scrapers owned by plaintiff and for which Stewart, under the terms of a written contract set forth in the petition, agreed to pay. The plaintiff further alleged that after the sale and delivery of the tractor and scrapers to Stewart, Stewart assigned the same to defendant Burkhart, and Burkhart agreed and promised to pay to plaintiff said balance of $265.

The defendants answered by a general denial and a…