J. R. Watkins Co. v. Oldfield

Plaintiff corporation filed this suit to recover $675.54 from respondents O.P. Cushman and Lola M. Cushman on a surety contract. A trial resulted in a verdict for the defendants and plaintiff appealed. The Springfield Court of Appeals, to which court the case was sent, reversed the judgment and ordered the trial court to enter a judgment for plaintiff. The court deeming its ruling to be in conflict with a ruling made by the Kansas City Court of Appeals in the case of Watkins Co. v. Thompson,230 Mo. App. 482, 93 S.W.2d 1100, certified the case to this court for determination.

The facts briefly…