Ferguson v. Davis

Plaintiff sued defendant for lumber furnished one Brannock to the amount of §300. The declaration, as amended, contained special counts on an undertaking by defendant to pay for the lumber, and a special count on an accepted order for $300, as well as the common counts. The substance of the transaction was claimed to be that Brannock was furnishing lumber and building a house for defendant, and plaintiff had sold him lumber to the amount of $150, and was unwilling to do more without security.- Application was made to defendant, who, after some objection, agreed to become responsible for…