Fouts v. Nance
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Custer County; James R. Tolbert, Judge. Action by N. F. Fouts and another, as administrators of the estate of Shoe Boy, an Indian, decease®, against T. J. Nance. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
RITTENHOUSE, C.
On April 27, 1910, T. J. Nance borrowed $15,000 from an Indian by the name of Shoe Boy. On October 1, 1910, Shoe Boy died, intestate. N. F. Fouts and Perry Reynolds subsequently became the administrators of his estate, and instituted this action to recover the amount borrowed with interest. The defendant answered, admitting that he had borrowed the amount sued for, and that Shoe Boy was • dead, but alleged that the indebtedness had been fully paid to Shoe Boy during his lifetime, to wit, on October 1, 1910, by the execution and delivery of two certain promissory notes…
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