Lewis v. Commercial National Bank

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought in the County Court of Nacogdoches County by the Commercial National Bank of Nacogdoches against the San Augustine Brick Company, Henry Lewis, and Mayer & Schmidt, a firm composed of Abe Mayer and John Schmidt, to recover upon a duplicate check drawn by the brick company upon the First National Bank of San Augustine in favor of the said Henry Lewis and by the said Lewis indorsed to Mayer & Schmidt and by said Mayer & Schmidt indorsed to the plaintiff, by whom the original check was lost before presentment. When the case was called for trial the…