Shotts v. Pardi

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This was a suit by holder of a check against the drawer after payment of the check had been stopped. The drawer filed exceptions to the plaintiffs petition, contending that the payee-indorser of the check was a necessary party to the suit. Upon the holder’s refusal to make the payee-in-dorser a party, the trial court dismissed plaintiff’s suit. Whereupon, the holder appealed to this Court.1

Mack Shotts, who operates a business under the name of Mack Shotts Truck Stop in the City of Edinburg, Hidalgo County, Texas, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, brought suit…