Randall, Sawyer & Dyer v. Merideth & Ailman

STAYTON, Chief Justice.

& Ailman brought this action against Bernard Tiernan to recover §2815.67, which on his checks they had loaned to him during a period between October 20 and December 31, 1885.

They were bankers doing business in Hew Mexico, where Tiernan was engaged in developing a mine owned by Sawyer, Randall, Dyer, and himself in unequal shares.

The money was loaned to Tiernan, to whom alone credit was given, appellees not knowing that appellants were interested in the mining enterprise in which Tiernan used the money loaned.

The action having been brought against Tiernan alone, he…