Advance Thresher Co. v. Rockafellow
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, McCook county, Hon. Joseph W. Jones, Judge. Action by the Advance Thresher Company against Amos Rockafellow and others. Judgment in favor of. plaintiff, and the surviving defendants, John H. Rockafellow and others, appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtFuller, J.
At the trial of this action on three promissory notes the court directed a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,-104.50 and the surviving defendants, John H. Rockafellow, Theodore Rockafellow, Sr., and Theodore Rockafellow, Jr., appeal from a judgment accordingly entered.
The facts essential to the questions of law to be determined may be stated thus: On the 20th day of August, 1895, Amos Rockafellow, as principal, and appellants, as sureties, executed the promissory notes to plaintiff, and on the 29th day of September, 1896, to further secure such indebtedness, the surety John H. Rockafellow…
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