Lamb v. Hardy
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Seventh. District, in an-appeal from Wheeler County.' Action was by Hardy against Lamb. Defendant had judgment which was rexersed and rendered in favor of plaintiff on his appeal. Appellee,, the defendant, thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenwood
This was a suit, brought by defendant in error to recover $1506’. plaintiff in error, as endorser in blank of three promissory notes, which, were executed and endorsed in the Territory of Oklahoma, where they were payable. Plaintiff in error defended the suit on the ground that, under the laws of Oklahoma Territory, the blank endorsement of the-notes had no other effect than to transfer the title thereto to the endorsee, and did not obligate the endorser to pay same.
No evidence was introduced to prove the laws of Oklahoma Territory, except that plaintiff in error offered in evidence the…
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