Gerson v. Hamilton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marr, J.

Plaintiff seeks to recover of G. AY. Hamilton, as drawer, and G. M. Hamilton, as guarantor, the amount of a draft on him to the order of Meyer AYeil, for $876 53, dated tenth February, 1873, at ninety days, which, he alleges, he paid at maturity.

The petition charges that G. M. Hamilton, in a letter addressed to plaintiff, of date October 15,1872, guaranteed and bound himself as security for the payment of the said draft, and all advances made by-him to G. AY. Hamilton to the amount of $2500 ; and that the draft sued on formed part of the…