Consolidated Oil Co. v. Schaffner

Sehaffner Bros., plaintiffs below, brought this suit against the Consolidated Oil Company of Texas, a joint-stock association, acting under a declaration of trust, and joined other defendants as trustees thereof, asking recovery upon five certain promissory notes, aggregating in amount the sum of $22,250, executed by Consolidated Oil Company of Texas, payable to Sehaffner Bros., on dates from March 1, 1920, to November 1, 1920, with interest from date, and providing for attorney fees, and secured by a chattel mortgage upon certain oil well drilling tools and fishing/ tools, stating their…