Hines v. Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co.

SPEER, Justice.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, sued Harry Hines, hereinafter referred to as defendant, for a balance remaining unpaid on a promissory note.

Trial was to a jury.. The court instructed a verdict for plaintiff and entered judgment thereon, from which judgment appeal was perfected by defendant.

Defendant had been a tenant for many years in plaintiff’s building in the City of Wichita Falls and owed past-due rentals. On October 1, 1939, he executed a note to plaintiff in the sum of $2,736.61, with interest at six per centum per annum.…