Morgan v. Baum

GRISSOM, Justice.

This is an appeal from a default judgment upon a promissory note rendered for plaintiff, Baum, against defendant, Morgan. Defendant appealed and assigns as error the action of the court in rendering a default judgment against him “for the reason that plaintiff’s petition is insufficient as a basis upon which to predicate a judgment against your defendant, C. C. Morgan, in that it fails to allege that said C. C. Morgan delivered the note involved to T. B. Ridgell, the payee thereof.” Plaintiff’s petition alleged “defendant made and executed a note to T. B. Ridgell in the sum…