George E. Failing Co. v. Cardwell Investment Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an action upon a guarantor’s written promise to pay the appellant for goods purchased by and delivered to a third party.

The overall question presented is whether the rental of oil well pipe by the third party from another company, but billed through the appellant, was covered by the guaranty.

The facts are rather involved and require the recital of some background information presented by the record to clarify the issue.

The Cardwell Investment Company, Inc. (appellee) is a Kansas corporation with its principal office in Wichita,…