Janes v. Citizens Bank
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of. Garfield County; before John L. McAtee, District Judge. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. This was an action brought in the district court of Garñeld county, on the 26th day of June, 1895, by the Citizens Rank of North Enid, aaginst R. W. Patterson.
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Error from the District Court of. Garfield County; before John L. McAtee, District Judge. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. This was an action brought in the district court of Garñeld county, on the 26th day of June, 1895, by the Citizens Rank of North Enid, aaginst R. W. Patterson. Jaco-b Guthrie, and Fred R. Janes:, to recover the sum of $500 with interest, attorney’s fees’and costs, upon a certain promissory note, executed on the 23rd day of May, 1894. The petition is as follows', (omitting caption): o “Gomes now the Citizens Bank of North Enid, and complains of the defendants, and says: N “That it…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Hatner, J.:
It appears- from the record in this case that the plaintiff in error, Fred R. Janes, the defendant in the court below, offered to- prove by parol testimony that he was the secretary of the Enid Town company; that he was acting for said' company and not for himself in signing the note in controversy, and that at the time of the execution of said mote it was understood between the parties that he d'id not intend to- bind himself by his signature, but intended, to- bind the corporation. It appears that this evidence was introduced, but was not considered; in…
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