First Nat. Bank v. Hartman

In the present suit, plaintiff bank, as the bona fide owner and holder, sues via ordinaria on a mortgage note of defendant for $1,000, and also seeks to recover the sum of $1,702.03, balance alleged to be due plaintiff bank on defendant’s note for $2,760.51, secured by two bonded warehouse receipts for 394 sacks of rice.

Defendant denies any indebtedness to plaintiff bank. In his answer, defendant avers that, on February 2, 1925, plaintiff bank obligated itself to furnish defendant with the sum of $2,500 for the purpose of enabling him to make a crop of rice, cotton, and corn for the year 1925.