Romero v. Hopewell

OPINION OP THE COURT

BRATTON, District Judge.

This suit was instituted by appellant, in the district court of San Miguel county, against W. S. Hopewell as one of the sureties on a certain promissory note dated May 25, 1909, due four months after date, executed by the Pennsylvania Development Company, payable to its own order and by it indorsed in blank. Frank J. Torrance and Arthnr Kennedy were also sureties thereon, the indorsement on the back of the note signed by said sureties being in the following language:

“Por value received we hereby become sureties for the payment of the within note,…