Wheeler v. Harrah

The plaintiffs, being in business in Pendleton, through their agents, doing business at Walla Walla, sold and delivered to the defendant a machine for the sum of @275, for which the defendant promised and agreed to execute two notes, payable at different dates, and furnish such surety or indorsers thereon as would be satisfactory to the plaintiffs. With this understanding, the defendant executed his individual notes, payable to the plaintiffs, which were received by their agents and forwarded to them with an explanation of the arrangement. The plaintiffs received the notes, and on several…