Jackson v. Guaranty State Bank of Fort Worth

This was a suit by the Guaranty State Bank of Fort Worth, which we will refer to as the bank, against S. H. Jackson, upon five promissory notes for the principal sum of $59.20, each, and to foreclose a chattel mortgage, securing the notes upon an automobile. There was a trial to the court without a jury, resulting in a judgment in favor of the bank for the full amount of the notes, principal, interest, and attorney’s fees, and foreclosing the lien. From this judgment Jackson has appealed.

The only question in the case is whether the trial court committed error in not sustaining a plea of res…