Republic National Bank of Dallas v. Strealy

This case involves the question of the legal effect of a negotiable instrument where the place of payment had been left blank but was filled in by the holder without express authority of the maker.

On December 31, 1953, Leonard Strealy executed a note in the principal sum of $8,838.15, payable to the order of Ray K. Glenn “at,__________________________”. At the time of making delivery of the said note both parties lived in Fort Worth. Later Glenn moved to California and then to Dallas, where he died about four years after the date of the note. The Republic National Bank of Dallas, the…