Johnson v. Joel Bailey & Co.

STAYTON, Chief Justice.

Appellees sued C. W. Taylor and appellants upon the breach of a written contract of guarantee set up in their petition, whereby appellants were alleged to have guaranteed to appellees the safe return, or their value, of samples entrusted by the appellees to Taylor as salesman or drummer. Appellees recovered judgment against Taylor and against appellants, as his guarantors, for the sum of 8621.15, with 8 per cent interest per annum thereon from and after the 20th day of August, 1888.

The petition alleged that Taylor entered the service of plaintiffs as a salesman,…