First National Bank in Pawhuska v. Lewis

This action was instituted on April 23, 1941, by First National Bank in Pawhuska, successor to the American National Bank, and hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, against Stella Lewis, hereinafter referred to as defendant, to recover a balance alleged to be due on a note which had been executed by defendant on December 11, 1933, to the American National Bank.

Plaintiff in its petition alleged, in substance, that it had acquired the note when it succeeded the American National Bank of January 2, 1936; that the defendant had executed the note to its predecessor for a good and valuable…