13 Wash. 404 | Wash. | 1896
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The complaint alleges that the defendants for valuable consideration made, executed, and delivered to the plaintiffs a promissory note on the 6th day of March, 1893, whereby they jointly and severally promised to pay to the order of plaintiffs the sum of $2,000.00, that said note was signed on its face by the Olympia Light and Power Company, and at the same time for the purpose of giving credit to said note as part of the original transaction and before the delivery thereof, the defendants signed said note by writing their respective names upon the hack thereof waiving demand, protest and notice of nonpayment, alleges the maturity of the note and failure
The answer admits the first allegation in reference to the corporate capacity of the Olympia Light and Power Company, denies that on March 6, 1898, or at all, either jointly or severally, with one A. Farquhar, of the Olympia Light and Power Compay, they made the note referred to in the complaint, denies that there was any consideration from the plaintiffs and the payee named in the said note to these defendants or either of them, denies that ever, jointly or severally or otherwise, as principals, they promised to pay to the plaintiff the sum of $2,000 or any other sum, and the paragraph ends with these words:
“That they deny each and every part and the whole of paragraph two of the complaint except as herein expressly admitted, explained or qualified.”
And then proceeds to affirmatively set out that on the 6th day of March, 1893, the Olympia Light and Power Company was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $2,000, and that it was mutually agreed between plaintiff, the Olympia Light and Power Company, and these defendants, that the Olympia Light and Power Company should make, execute and deliver to the plaintiff its promissory note to secure the payment of said sum, and that these defendants should indorse said note as sureties only; that in pursuance of said agreement the note was executed aud indorsed; that the defendants did not receive any part of the money, but that the Olympia Light and Power Company received it all, wherefore they pray that the question of suretyship of them to said corporation be tried and determined upon these issues and that they have all proper relief herein.
The judgment will be affirmed.
Hoyt, C. J., and Anders, Scott and Gordon, JJ., concur.