People's Trust & Savings Bank v. Rork

.I/ETTON, J.

Action by the indorsee of a promissory note. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

The plaintiff is a banking corporation doing business in Illinois. The defendant is a resident of McCook, Nebraska. In November, 1909, defendant purchased from one J. L. Galloway certain real estate near Fort Morgan, Colorado, executed a contract of purchase therefor, and in part payment executed to Galloway his note for $500, due June 1, 1910, payable at the Bank of Oxford, Oxford, Nebraska. The petition alleges that Galloway, before maturity, sold, indorsed and delivered the note to…