McNeill v. Rowland

On July 19, 1938, appellee, T. J. Rowland, filed two suits in the Crittenden chancery court on two- promissory notes. These two notes were secured by deed of trust on real property, and a foreclosure was sought.

By stipulation of counsel, the two causes were consolidated for trial.

Appellants first filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff’s (appellee’s) complaint on the ground that he was not the owner of the notes in question, hut had previously assigned them to his daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Bowland Bleakney, and had no cause of action for the collection of the indebtedness due on said notes.

The court…