Hughes v. the Riggs Bank

— This is a suit on a promissory note. The facts as found by the trial court were substantially as follows:

During the spring of 1920, E. A. Hughes was county assessor of Cochise county and resided in Tombstone. Some days prior to June 1st, one K. N. Copien, who had for long been a friend of Hughes, came to him and told him of the organization of the Riggs Bank, hereinafter called plaintiff, at Willcox; that he (Copien) was going to be manager and cashier of the new bank; that Mr. William Riggs, its president, wanted him to take a certain amount of its capital stock; that he did not have the…