Armour Fertilizer Works v. Kenney

The case originated by the filing of a suit on promissory notes by Armour Fertilizer Works against T. B. Kenney and the administratrix of the estate of J. 0. Hudspeth. On demurrer the administratrix was dismissed as a party, and the case proceeded against Kenney alone. The notes sued on were signed, “T. B. Kenney” and “Est. of J. C. Hudspeth, by J. 0. Bridges, Executor,” and were given for fertilizer. Kenney, in his answer, insisted that he did not sign the note as principal, but as surety; that he had been released from liability thereon by the acts of Armour Fertilizer Works; that he…