General Chemical Co. v. Porter

General Chemical Company sued Mrs. Belle Vernon Porter and J. C. Porter on five promissory notes, payable to plaintiff and signed on their faces by Habersham Orchards, by J. C. Porter, and on the back by Belle Yernon Porter and J. C. Porter, the petition alleging that Mrs. Porter was trading as Habersham Orchards and that J. C. Porter was managing the same for her. Mrs. Porter contended that the trade-name was that of her husband, J. C. Porter, and that she signed or indorsed the notes as surety for him and was therefore not liable. The jury found in favor of the plaintiff against J. C.…