McNamara v. Irwin

The case made by the bill was that Stephen L. Ferrand, the intestate of the plaintiff, at the request of the defendant Tarrance, endorsed a note of the said Tarrance for $5,000, for the purpose of guaranteeing to Irwin Co. certain acceptances made, or to be made, by them on account of said Tarrance, and that a certain William E. Poe endorsed another note of said Tarrance for the same sum and executed for the same purpose; that Irwin Co. sent these notes to this State and had suits instituted thereon for the purpose of recovering the amount of their advances, intended to be secured thereby;…