Smith v. Traders National Bank

HENRY, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by the appellee to recover upon a promissory note for $7000, charged to have been made payable to the order of the Texas Investment Company, Limited, by J. P. Smith and the firm of Fore, Morphy & Henderson, composed of Walker Fore, W. J. Morphy, and R. M. Henderson.

The death of Fore was suggested, and the cause was dismissed as to him. There was a verdict in favor of the defendant Henderson, and a judgment upon a verdict against the defendants Smith and Morphy. The defendant Smith alone prosecutes this appeal.

The defense of Smith was in…