Elmer Candy Co., Inc. v. Baumann
Decision Date | 03 November 1933 |
Docket Number | 4593 |
Citation | 150 So. 427 |
Court | Court of Appeal of Louisiana — District of US |
Parties | ELMER CANDY CO., INC., v. BAUMANN ET AL |
W. H Cook and L. A. Newsom, both of Shreveport, for appellant.
Byron A. Irwin, of Shreveport, for appellees.
The Elmer Candy Company, Incorporated, entered into a written contract for the sale of its products to A. O. Hill. To secure the payment of any balance due up to $ 400, W. H Baumann, L. H. Marioneaux, and L. B. Roach signed a clause in the above contract reading as follows:
A balance of $ 361.59 remaining unpaid, the candy company brought this suit to recover the amount against Hill, Baumann, Marioneaux, and Roach. A default judgment taken against Hill is not appealed from. The other three defendants, sureties on the above contract, set up that plaintiff could not recover against them because of the unconditional release by plaintiff of L. H. Marioneaux from all liability under this contract. The release is amply proven by the following correspondence filed in evidence:
After some further correspondence, the candy company wrote:
The lower court sustained this defense and rejected plaintiff's demands against the sureties, from which judgment plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.
The first contention of plaintiff is that it was its intention to release Marioneaux only as to future indebtedness accruing after the date of the release, and that at that time Hill was in arrears more than $ 400. The wording of the correspondence does not support this contention. It is obvious that, as the guaranty was only for an amount not in excess of $ 400, the release, under the construction of plaintiff, would amount to nothing. Furthermore, as stated, the written release is absolute, unconditional, and without reservation. There is no expression showing any intention to hold Marioneaux for any sum whatever, under his...
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