San Joaquin Valley Bank v. Gate City Oil Co.

This was an action to recover six thousand dollars upon a promissory note alleged to have been executed by the defendants to the plaintiff. The defendants answered denying the execution of the note. The court made findings' and gave judgment in favor of the plaintiff against all the defendants. The Gate City Oil Company and J. F. Lynch appealed from the judgment within sixty days after its entry. They claim, in support of their appeal, that they did not execute the note set out in the complaint and that there is a variance between the allegations and the proof concerning the note. The merits…