Mitchell v. Geosonic Corporation

BELL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment rendered against appellant individually for $23,814.28. Suit had been brought August 26, 1967, on a promissory note dated May 15, 1967, payable to appellee and signed by Jade Oil & Gas Company by appellant as President and appellant individually. Jade was not joined in the suit.

Appellee’s petition was an ordinarily worded one for a suit on a note. It alleged, among other things, that appellee was the “legal owner and holder” of the note, a copy of which was attached as “Exhibit A”. The copy was not a sworn one nor was the petition…