Whitescarver v. Waldo

The plaintiff in error, with A. M. Stevenson and L. C. Greenlee, was sued by defendant in error, Waldo, on a promissory note. The trial court directed a verdict in favor of Stevenson and Greenlee, upon the ground that the note in suit was signed by Stevenson and Greenlee upon the mistaken assumption that it was being executed pursuant to an agreement with The Ajax Wyoming Oil Com*357pany, of which all these parties were directors. Judgment was entered against plaintiff in error and he has brought the case here for review. He contends that under the well settled rules of law the dismissal of the…