Wootton v. Clark-Harwell-Owen, Inc.

NEALON, Chief Justice.

E. B. Wootton, successor of Will A. Martin, as receiver of the First National Bank of Fort Stockton, is appellant. His predecessor, Will A. Martin, brought suit against appellees Clark-Harwell-Owen, Inc., a corporation, Walter Harwell, Ben A. Owen, and B. D. Clark, upon a promissory note for $2,000, dated June 11, 1931, payable to said bank six months after its date. Suit was filed March 13, 1937. Unless for some reason the running of the statute 'of limitations was arrested, suit was barred under the provisions of the four-year statute.

The note begins with the words “I,…