Gelbach

In this action the plaintiff recovered judgment against defendant, who was one of the comakers with plaintiff of a joint and several promissory note executed and delivered by the makers to the California National Bank of Long Beach. The plaintiff alleged in his complaint and the court so found that on the second day of January, 1926, at Long Beach, California, the plaintiff, defendant Dewey, R. D. Marshall and Susan Gelbach, who is the wife of plaintiff, made and delivered to the California National Bank of Long Beach their joint and several promissory note in writing in the sum of $5,500, payable 120 days after date; that at maturity of said note the said bank demanded payment of the note and, the plaintiff did pay the full amount of the principal of the note and $450 of accrued interest; that at the time of the execution of the note the defendant, the plaintiff and Marshall each agreed to pay at maturity one-third of the principal and interest of said note. In accordance with these findings the court concluded that plaintiff was entitled to recover the sum of $1983.34, being one-third of the amount paid by plaintiff in satisfaction of the said note and judgment was entered'…