Spurgin v. Denton County Nat. Bank
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from Denton County Court; Ed. I. Key, Judge. Suit by the Denton County National Bank against A. M. Spurgin and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and named defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtDunklin, J.
This suit was upon three promissory' notes, one for $250, dated March 27, 1918, one for $250, dated April 16, 1918, and one for $10,0, dated June 19, 1918, all made payable September 27, 1918. The notes were all executed by W. A. Boyd, payable to the order of A. M. Spurgin, and indorsed by Spurgin to the Denton County National Bank, who sued the maker and the indorser, and recovered judgment against both.
[1] The liability of appellant, Spurgin, was fixed by the terms of the written instrument and his indorsement thereof, and it was not permissible to prove by parol testimony that bis…
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