Zumwalt v. Goodwin

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

The appellee, Frank C. Goodwin, a resident of Texas, filed this suit against Jesse K. Morrison and wife, residents of New Mexico, to recover a judgement on a note for $4,800.00 (plus interest and attorney fees), which he and one Tom Gibson 1 had signed as sureties for the Morrisons to the State National Bank at El Paso, Texas, on January 28, 1941, and which he, the appellee, had paid upon default of the Morrisons. He also sought foreclosure of a first mortgage deed on eleven lots in Hot Springs, New Mexico, which the Morrisons had given him as security in the event of…