American Trust & Savings Bank v. Whitaker

The El Paso National Bank brought this suit against Seth B. Orndorff, as maker, and E. M. Whitaker, as indorser, of a promissory note dated March 26, 192.5, in the principal sum of $2,500, payable to the order of Whitaker, executed by Orndorff and his wife, Mattie Dee Orndorff.

Whitaker vouched in the American Trust & Savings Bank and asked for judgment over against it.

The case was tried without a jury and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff against Orndorff and Whitaker for the balance of $2,651.92, due upon the note and in favor of Whitaker for like, amount over against the American…