Ellis v. Citizens' National Bank
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Roosevelt County; Richardson, Judge. Action by John Ellis and William I. Shriver, joint administrators of the estate of George Ellis, deceased, against the Citizens’ National Bank of Portales, New Mexico. Judgment for defendant dismissing the complaint and plaintiffs appeal. Plaintiff had action on written guarantee signed by president of defendant bank. Ellis v. Stone, 21 N. M. 730; People’s Bank of Belleville v. Mfgs.
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Appeal from District Court, Roosevelt County; Richardson, Judge. Action by John Ellis and William I. Shriver, joint administrators of the estate of George Ellis, deceased, against the Citizens’ National Bank of Portales, New Mexico. Judgment for defendant dismissing the complaint and plaintiffs appeal. Plaintiff had action on written guarantee signed by president of defendant bank. Ellis v. Stone, 21 N. M. 730; People’s Bank of Belleville v. Mfgs. National Bank, 101 U. S. 181; Davenport v. Stone, 53 Am. St. R. 471; Thomas v. City National Bank, 58 N. W. 944; Cochran v. II. S., 157 U. S. 297;…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OP THE COURT.
ROBERTS, J.
Only a brief statement of the facts in this case will be necessary, in view of the full statement made in the ease of Ellis v. Stone, 21 N. M. 730, 158 Pac. 480, L. R. A. 1916F, 1228. That cause of action was instituted against Lula Stone, executrix of the estate of James P. Stone, deceased, upon a guaranty of a loan made by Ellis to ~W. "W. Humble. The letter relied upon as constituting the guaranty is set out in full in the reported cam. It is there held that the letter constituted a guaranty, but further held that it was not the individual undertaking of…
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