Cibolo Bank v. Findlater

FLY, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by appellant against Geo. Hagen, J. Findlater, C. O. Crocker, Walter Cook, L. W. Fuchs, and Geo. R. Thomson, to recover from them on a note for $12,000, on which had been credited the sum of $4,210, executed by appellees to the State Brokerage Corporation, by whom it was alleged it was transferred to appellant. Appellant claimed to be an innocent purchaser of the note for value, before maturity, and that issue alone was presented to a jury •by the trial judge.

In answer to the issue presented as to the innocence of appellant in purchasing the note,…