Citizens' Cotton Oil Co. v. Elliott

This suit is on a promissory note brought by J. T. Elliott Lumber Company, a partnership, against Citizens' Cotton Oil Company, a corporation of Lancaster, Dallas county, Tex.

Defendant, in a sworn plea, admitted the execution of the note, but alleged that at the time of its execution there was written on the back, and a part thereof, a memorandum showing the note was entitled to a credit of $273.45, which had been materially altered by plaintiffs' agent without the knowledge or consent of the defendant, rendering the note unenforceable.

In an amended petition, plaintiffs alleged the facts in…