Crawford v. Austin

(after stating the facts as above). The bank commissioner sued the defendants as partners on a note given to the Alto State Bank under the name of “Crawford Motor Company, by J. M. Crawford, Manager.” The defendants Kerr and Berryman specially denied, under oath, the alleged partnership and the execution of the note by them or under their authority. The defendant Crawford relied upon the defense, in effect, that he signed the note as done purely for the accommodation, as the private debt, of J. H. Kerr, and that the bank received such note with notice of the consideration. And the principal…