Huffman v. Kahn

The plaintiff in error, defendant in the trial court, C. E. Huffman, engaged in a poker game with one J. L. Jones and others on the evening of December 19, 1927. The game was played at a residence in Oklahoma City. At the close of the game he executed and delivered to J. L. Jones his check in the sum of $2,902 to cover his losses. The check was a negotiable instrument. On the following morning. Jones, by delivery and indorsement, transferred the check to B. M. Kahn, proprietor of the Broadway Central Hotel, where Jones owed a hotel bill. He received from Kahn the difference in cash between…