Central Nat. Bank of Waco v. Lawson

The Central National Bank of Waco, Tex., “acting by and through its liquidating committee of which W. H. McCullough is chairman,” brought this suit against W. D. Lawson, to recover on a promissory note dated November 13, 1920, payable to said bank four months' after its date.

Lawson pleaded that he was an accommodation maker for the bank itself, fraud of the bank in obtaining the note from him, and failure of consideration.

The case was submitted to a jury on the single issue of whether the bank through its president, McCullough, agreed with .Lawson that he (Lawson) would never be called upon…