Bank of Hickory Flat v. Crawford

The appellee, Crawford, and R. W. Allen gave the appellant bank a note for one hundred eighty-one dollars and fifty cents and the note becoming due and unpaid, and Allen having absconded, suit was brought against Craw*357ford on this note in the justice of the peace court and appealed to the circuit court, where there was a judgment in favor of the appellee, Crawford, from which this appeal was prosecuted.

It appears that the defense of Crawford is based upon a failure of the bank to have a deed of trust recorded which was executed by Allen conveying certain personal property in trust to secure…