Frost National Bank of San Antonio v. Mitchell

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment that plaintiff take nothing, in a suit on a note. Dent Taylor, as original maker, with A. W. West as surety, borrowed $3000 from the First National Bank of Bandera on 7 March 1949, and executed a note therefor. The record reflects that Vance West, son of A. W. West, actually received the money, and that Dent Taylor only lent his name as an accommodation, (because Vance West had already borrowed the “legal limit” from the bank). In Jime 1949 Vance West, by Bill of Sale, sold his interest in á business called “Playland Cafe,” together…