Olds v. Traders Bank of Kansas City
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of 'Creer County; before F. B. Gillette, Trial -Judge. STATEMENT OE EAOTS. This was an action brought by the defendant in error' against plaintiffs in error in the district court of Greer county, upon a promissory note, which reads as follows: ^Granite, Okla., 5 — 8—*01. “We the undersigned promise to' pay Etna M. Jones two' thousand five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars; sixty days from date interest 12 per cent per annum; value rec*d.
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Error from the District Court of 'Creer County; before F. B. Gillette, Trial -Judge. STATEMENT OE EAOTS. This was an action brought by the defendant in error' against plaintiffs in error in the district court of Greer county, upon a promissory note, which reads as follows: ^Granite, Okla., 5 — 8—*01. “We the undersigned promise to' pay Etna M. Jones two' thousand five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars; sixty days from date interest 12 per cent per annum; value rec*d. “J. N. Olds, Preset.; Joi-iN B. JoNes, J. L. Hughes, “M. A. Smith, T. M. RobiNsoN, See.” Said note bearing the following…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of me court by
Beauchamp, J.:
The contention of the plaintiffs in error in the court below as disclosed by the record, was that they signed the note sued on as officers and directors of. the Granite Brick Company, a corporation; that John B. Jones secured a loan in the sum of $2,500 from his w-ife, Etna M. Jones, for the Granite Brick Company; and that in so doing he was acting as the agent of his wife; that he, as such agent, had full knowledge of the fact that the loan was so negotiated by the Granite Brick Company, and that when the plaintiffs- in error signed tbe same it was only…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gillette, Libby v. Murphy, Carroll, BroughSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1898
- Light v. Canadian County BankSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1894
- National Bank of Guthrie v. EarlSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1895
- Janes v. Citizens BankSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1900
- Meyer Bros. Drug Co. v. KelleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1897
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