Alley v. Gavin

The First National Bank of Greensburgh, Indiana, sued Samuel B. Alley, the drawer, William A. Mandlove, the acceptor, George W. O’Laughlin, the payee and first indorser, and Benjamin A. Mires and James Gavin, subsequent indorsers of a bill of exchange, payable at the Third National Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio.-

Mandlove, the acceptor, made default. Alley filed an answer and cross complaint against his co-defendants, O’Laughlin, Mires, and Gavin, in which he alleged that he and they were all liable as co-sureties of Mandlove. O’Laughlin, Mires, and Gavin filed a cross complaint against the…