Byers v. Sun Savings Bank
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Kiowa County; James R. Tolbert, Judge. Action by the Sun Savings Bank against Andrew N. Byers on a promissory note. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
HARRISON, C.
This was an action upon a promissory note for $1,000 and interest as provided in the note and to foreclose a mortgage given on certain town lots in the town of Gotebo, Okla., to secure the payment of same. The note and mortgage in question had been executed by the defendant, Byers, while under sentence and confinement in the penitentiary for a felony. It was executed to one G. C. Sheffler, an attorney, as a fee for obtaining a parole. The contract was entered into and executed and the parole obtained afterwards. After Byers was paroled, he further ratified the contract…
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