Mays v. State

The plaintiff in error, Garret Mays, here referred to as the defendant, was engaged in the stock business on a large scale, near Ryan, Okla. For a number of years he raised, pastured, bought, and sold cattle; the financial features of the business being handled chiefly by the People’s Bank & Trust Company, of Ryan, of which bank M. H. Barnett was president. During this period of years, the defendant, from time to time, executed some 30 or 40 notes and mortgages in favor of this bank, and maintained a checking account there. ,H)e was in the habit of buying and selling cattle, feed, and pasture…