Krumme v. Moody

HARGRAVE, Justice.

Certiorari to Court of Appeals, Oklahoma City Division III, to review an unpublished order of the Court of Appeals. The issue addressed in the present matter is whether a co-maker to a note is entitled to raise surety or accommodation maker status in an attempt to claim defenses available only to persons with the status of surety or accommodation maker.

SUMMARY OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In order to finance the purchase of a bank, the parties to this suit, as co-makers, executed two promissory notes with an aggregate face value of $8,170,000.00. For his share of the…