Powers v. American National Bank

Frankum, Judge.

American National Bank, in separate actions, sued Ed L. Powers on two promissory notes aggregating in their principal amounts $25,500. To each suit Powers filed an answer, duly verified, in which he admitted the execution of the notes, that they were past due and unpaid, and that notice to collect attorney’s fees had been given. For further plea and answer the defendant alleged that when the notes were past due he went to the vice-president of the plaintiff bank and informed him that due to his financial condition he was contemplating bankruptcy, and that the vice-president…