Skaer v. First Nat. Bank of Paris

The appellant sued the ap-pellee bank to recover damages for the conversion of certain personal property upon which he claimed a mortgage. This appeal is from an order sustaining a demurrer to the original petition and dismissing the case.

The petition alleges, in substance, the following facts: That on dates ranging from May 9, 1919, to July 28, 1920, the Aud’s Creek Oil Company, while drilling a well in Lamar county, Tex., executed and delivered to the American National Bank of Augusta, Kan., five promissory notes, aggregating $14,-500, the last note to mature due September 22,1920. In due…