Eaton v. Harth

The appellee brought action against appellant to recover damages for the breach of contract of guaranty, of a portion of a certain contract of one John L. White with the appellee, to sink a coal shaft and do other things. The contract between White and appellee was substantially as follows: White agreed with the latter “ to sink a coal shaft six feet by twelve down to first vein of coal, and pase the same all the way down with timber four inches thick, and build a platform over said shaft with shed over the same 20x30 feet, and divide one side of said platform into four bins for the storage…