Bierce v. State Nat. Bank of Memphis, Tenn.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Oklahoma County; D. A. Richardson, Assigned Ridge. Action by the State National Bank of Memphis, Tenn., against William W. Bierce. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtTurner, C. J.
On April 2, 1906, the State National Bank of Memphis, Tenn., defendant in error, sued W. W. Bierce, plaintiff in error, in the district court of Oklahoma county, stating in its petition a cause of action against him on a certain promissory note for $4,333.34, dated March 2, 1901, due five years after date, payable to the order of James K. Porter, and by him indorsed to said bank. Among other things, Bierce pleaded payment by Porter as indorser, since which time, he says, the note belonged to him; that the bank was not the owner of the note and not the real party in interest. There was trial…
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