Moore v. Dawson

— Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment against the defendant in the sum of $661.76 and defendant has appealed.

The petition alleges that on December 4, 1917, plaintiff lent to the defendant the sum of $500, “which sum defendant agreed to repay to plaintiff'within three weeks after said date,” with interest; that although demanded of defendant, the money remained unpaid. The answer consists of a general denial.

Plaintiff testified that defendant approached him in the city of Oregon, where the parties resided, attempting to interest plaintiff in an Oklahoma oil lease to be purchased and…