Sunshine Oil Co. v. Chantry

Plaintiff in error, defendant below, seeks here to reverse a judgment rendered by the district court of Oklahoma county in favor of defendant in error, plaintiff below, in an action brought to recover upon a promissory note. Hereafter we shall refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court.

February 3, 1937, the defendant, a California corporation, executed its promissory note, due six months from date, in the amount of $3,000 to L. F. Rooney. To secure payment of this note defendant further executed an instrument denominated a conveyance, but in reality a mortgage, covering certain…