Mutual Benefit Life Insurance v. Collin County National Bank
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Collin. Tried below before J. M. Pearson, Esq., Special Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
TARLTON, Chief Justice.
On December 1, 1893, Jonathan Wood-all executed a promissory note payable to the order of C. C. Foote, in the principal sum of $267.83, due September 1, 1894. Before maturity Foote indorsed this note to the Collin County ¡National Bank, which on December 15, 1894, brought this suit -against the maker and indorser to recover the amount of the note.
Woodall pleaded a failure of consideration, in this, that the note was executed to C. C. Foote as agent of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, for the first premium óf a policy in that company for $5000, alleging that…
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