City State Bank in Wellington v. National Bank of Commerce of Altus

BOYD, Justice.

This suit was filed by the National Bank of Commerce of Altus, Oklahoma, later joined by Albert Scoggin and Frank Brock, against the Wichita National Bank of Wichita Falls and the City State Bank in Wellington, Texas. The banks will hereinafter be referred to as the Altus Bank, or appellee, the Wichita Bank, and the Wellington Bank, or appellant.

The Altus Bank alleged that the Wichita and Wellington Banks were indebted to it in the sum of $15,574.23, representing the proceeds of a deposit in the Wellington Bank by J. T. Boyd for the specific and special purpose of paying two…