Blair v. Halliburton Company

OPINION

PRESLAR, Justice.

This is a case in which summary judgment was rendered for the plaintiff on a promissory note. We reverse and remand for the reason that the appellee-plaintiff’s proof was not conclusive that it was the owner and holder of the note.

Appellee filed its petition in this cause with what may be termed the usual averments for a cause of action by the payee of a promissory note against the maker thereof. The petition stated a cause of action sufficient in all respects, and attached to it as an exhibit was a copy of the note. It was not a sworn pleading. The appellant-defendant…