Legal Opinion
Ford v. Darwin
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided March 8, 1989No. 05-87-01310-CVPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
KINKEADE, Justice.
The Fords’ motion for rehearing is granted. Our prior opinion is withdrawn. The following is now the opinion of the Court.
Danny Darwin sued Frederick and Roberta Ford on a “promissory note agreement.” The trial court rendered judgment against the Fords. The Fords’ primary argument on appeal is that Darwin could not sue them as guarantors of the contract without either joining the principal debtor or proving that the principal debtor was actually or notoriously insolvent. We disagree; therefore, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Darwin and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by17 opinions
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