American Fruit Growers, Inc. v. Hawkinson

This is a suit on a contract of suretyship.

The original bill in this cause was filed by the complainant, the American Fruit Growers, Inc., against J. A. Hawkinson, to recover about $13,000, for which he was alleged to be bound as surety for Roy C. Hawkinson.

Roy C. Hawkinson, a nephew of the defendant, J. A. Hawkinson, in 1925 (during the Florida boom), purchased a tract of land in Dade county, Fla., and assumed the payment of three purchase money notes, two for $9,762 each, and one for $9,761, owned by the complainant company and secured by the first mortgage on said land. There are several…