Friddell v. Greathouse

BOND, Chief Justice.

Appellant instituted this suit against ap-pellees to recover the sum of $704.20, being the amount of two checks both .dated April 3, 1946, payable to the order of plaintiff and signed by Mrs. Mamie Great-house (one of the appellees herein) in the *580presence of and .at the instance of her husband J. M. Greathouse (the other appel-lee), in settlement of an account or 'debt then due appellant. The checks were on the First National Bank of Wills Point, .Texas, and b'éfore presentment the bank received stop-payment order from Mr. Greathouse against payment of the checks;…