Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. Altus State Bank

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided March 12, 1912No. 1611PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error from Jackson County Court; M. L. Hankins, Special Judge. Action by the Altus State Bank against William Mitchell and R, L. James. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant Mitchell appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

SHARP, C.

The note sued on was made payable to J. E. Fowler and R. L. James, and by them indorsed to the Altus National Bank, which was afterwards • succeeded by the defendant in error, Altus State Bank. The note was made at Altus, Okla., February 2, 1907, and was payable at the Altus National Bank, and provided for the payment of an attorney’s fee of ten per cent, in addition to the amount of the note, if placed in the hands of an attorney for collection, and is therefore a nonnegotiable instrument. Cotton v. John Deere Plow Co., 14 Okla. 605, 78 Pac. 321; Clevinger v. Lewis, 20…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Burke v. DulaneySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Ware v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Belleville Savings Bank v. BornmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
  4. Shawnee Nat. Bank v. Wootten & PottsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
  5. Clevenger v. LewisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Kirkland v. General Motors CorporationSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1974
  2. Horton v. EarlySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  3. Whitcomb v. OllerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  4. Gamble v. RileySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  5. Edwards v. City Nat. Bank of McAlesterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921

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