Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-03

H.. fnnovr,n,, s,,reempnt in writing:
nFort North rrx. Iuly is 1881
"N. fhe unIrrsiynei shareholders of
Tho T'eNns Investment company, Inns
md foJinr tho imilprtnnce OF uiain-
tafnin,s the rreIit ~ sniI rhmnanv and
realizing its present financial condition,
agree 10 donate the company our prom
issorv notes ,hia In t,yplvf. months from
date for fhe sntue amount MS we now
hold shares in said rnunauv. provided
that shareholders now holding the PAPER
of the connnnv will donate as much pa-
Der ns th.y hold shares in The company
\ytsyv S.iy,CI,
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w. H. beckWlth' ....s......'s' .SiVvu
W. l.. Malone. ................ luyu
~. Boaz. ........ ...........'.. lWlu
lheo u: Nogei. ...............' lUuo
a: NJ. Britton. ..........,..lu shares
". a. thurman. .......... 20 shares
J. L. smith. ..........,.... $1Um ~
=; ~ heeu =. - $500, SJVuo W
fOte, MofphN " Henderson, .9Op shares
sidney Martin. .......2o shares
W. j. B0az. .......,..,....3o shares
j, II. Brown. ..............2o shares
On me next day this agreement was
SO modified verbally us 10 authorize Fore,
Morphy " henderson, VINO were hold
ers OF about $4,000 of the paper OF the
company, TO cancel $4,000 of this
amount ana execute their note for the
remaining S1OO and on tue same day ~
pursuance OF THIS agreement as 50 modl-
si,,mers thcr,.io ',t,,.,,.i II, W. ,,nt,s IA.
the sevnru1 ,,n,,,,,ts 81, a,,r.oi In snn,r
Of the sirnSrs ,,i,o, III n,n.,t" their
notes nrI Enra NIarnhv fI"ndersnn
never dld cancel the $4,000 OF the pa
per heid ly them in compliance with said
of Ibis agreement and of nnncllrn's note
in compliance thprctsitb II Rooz one
of the signers was n storlholder and III
rector In tho sniI Investment rninnnny.
and vas also nrcsijrnt and nctiye husi-
ness manager of npppllnnt On the dny
appellee and others executed thclr notes
undor the agreement they were taken
charge Of by w. j, Morphy. the president
md uctlve business niotarpr Of Tho IN
Vestnrnt company. and endorsed Inv hin,
for It, and he and Boaz carried them over
10 appellant. banking office. only a few
blocks distant. and Bonz nj onrn ns
president of appellant and actin for IL
In The transaction, advanced 10 the snid
Investment company about the sum Of
$1,000. taking as collateral security for
its payment the note of appellpe and
some of the other notes executed at tho
same time. AT this time Rolz had full
knowledge Of the agreement. undrr
which nppcllee's note was given, and he
president of appellant and acting CIR il
lcrson had not surrendered the $4,000
IN paper he'd by them and would not
nlso knew that Fore, Mophy X Hem
he able to obtain possession Of II so as
to make such surrender for several
days, and he also had notice
that some of the signers of the
agreement Ind not executed their
notes On compliance herewith The note
gsiySe9ni by appellee Is as follows:
Fou'N'V"
Ono M r' w D'o ", eH,, july ~ 1881.
nav to tbe n, icr AZ ~, Wy" wv we promise 70
romn9t,v iin,itaj p' n i,ie ivA"s Investment
fnr ral,,n rn,ai,.oi ~ sum OF SoVUouo
nntH mia ot ~ m.tn unrest from date
ontr,p ha, tne la'v Oh M, y per cent per
nj honi, 81 H. VII q, ne li,aIers Nation.
fhis Mo nn, m1r.h' Anu ! agree, II
iii coS,s a,d ~ paiu ~ maturity, 10 pay
cindiny otio,n.,. sspe tas " oonec'lon' IN
the nripcinoi os i, NE oi W per cent on
IL ~ w n,,i noI9'
.No CORR D. T. SAITH
"Dnc .ini,. 10 90 100.
"postofirs i9'
ON AM ii 1seS an,,ot,o,t t...,..,.,
this suit against npncllec ia recorer nnou
said note. and in defence onnelIa, ny.
swered hy general denini ond aiso H.
specia plea setting forth tha ayrce,rsnt
and circumstauces undor which Tho note
was executed and alleging non'"onvi'
ancc ON the part of sonn AZ tba sir,,ar,
as above SET forth. thot npn,5Iant ha5