Republic National Bank of Dallas v. Strealy

350 S.W.2d 914 (1961)

REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK OF DALLAS, Independent Executor of the Estate of Ray K. Glenn, Deceased, Petitioner,

v.

Leonard STREALY, Respondent.

No. A-8331.

Supreme Court of Texas.

November 1, 1961.

Rehearing Denied December 6, 1961.

Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Cantwell & Miller, Jack Pew, Jr., Dallas, with firm, for petitioner.

Elmo Irby, Fort Worth, for respondent.

HAMILTON, Justice.

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.

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