Qualls v. Merchants Planters Nat. Bank of Ada

Defendant in error filed suit against plaintiffs in error on a promissory note executed by plaintiffs in error to George A. Harrison. For convenience, the parties will be designated as plaintiff and defendants, as they appeared in the trial court.

The petition alleges that the plaintiff purchased the note before maturity for a good and valuable consideration. Defendants filed answer, denying that plaintiff was an innocent purchaser of said note, and, as an affirmative defense, alleged that the note was given as the purchase price for a certain automobile; that George A, Harrison, payee of said…