Freeman v. Bank of Garvin
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Fannin County; Ben H. Denton, Judge. Action by the Bank of Garvin against P. B. Freeman and others, in which defendant E. D. Steger filed a cross-action. From a judgment for plaintiff against defendants, and in favor of E. D. Steger against defendant P. R. Freeman, the latter appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
The Freeman-Steger Lumber Company was a corporation under the laws of Oklahoma. Half of its capital stock, it seems, was owned by appellant and parties he represented. The other half was owned by E. D. Steger, Gus Steger, and others. The company was indebted in sums aggregating about $30,000, which it could not pay. Among the debts it owed was one for $10,343.92 evidenced by its promissory note dated December 19, 1907, payable six months after its date to the order of the Bank of Garvin. E. D. Steger as an indorser on this note was liable to its owner for its payment. In March, 1908, the…
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