Stanton v. Security Bank & Trust Co.

This is an action in debt instituted in the district court of El Paso county, Tex., by the Security Bank & Trust Company against M. W. Stanton and John E. Weeks, to recover upon a promissory note in its favor executed by the said Stanton and the law firm of Stanton & Weeks, and for foreclosure of lien upon certain shares of stock which had been pledged to secure the payment of the note. The petition was typical of its kind in such a suit. The defendant Stanton did not deny his liability to the bank, but filed a cross-action over against his former partner, Weeks, for an accounting of old…