Leonard v. State Exchange Bank of Elk City
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma; John H. Cortera!, Judge. Action by William D. Leonard against the State Exchange Bank of Elk City. There was a judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
This was an action at law brought by Leonard, plaintiff in error, to recover from the State Exchange Bank of Elk City, Okl., a sum of money paid by him to the National Bank of Commerce in St. Louis because of certain notes alleged to have been signed by him and two others for the accommodation of the defendant bank. The parties waived a jury in writing, and agreed that the case should be tried to the court. The court made a finding of facts and rendered judgment thereon for defendant bank. This writ of error, sued out by plaintiff Leonard, challenges that judgment, and…
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