Sample v. Wheless

Plaintiff, as the holder and owner in due course of a promissory note for $7,500, subject to certain credits, instituted the present suit against Wheless, Garrison, and Wilson as indorsers in solido. This note was made by the Wheless-Wilson Auto Supply Company, with R. E. Wheless as president.

Defendants Garrison and Wilson filed an answer, in which they admitted all of the allegations contained in plaintiff’s petition, except the allegation that plaintiff was the holder and owner of the note. These two defendants set up in their answer that they signed the said note purely for the…