Title: NATIONAL PRINTING AND OFFICE SUPPLY CO. v. FRANK
Citation: 1959 OK 110, 343 P.2d 1092
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: June 2, 1959

NATIONAL PRINTING AND OFFICE SUPPLY CO. v. FRANK Annotate this Case NATIONAL PRINTING AND OFFICE SUPPLY CO. v. FRANK 1959 OK 110 343 P.2d 1092 Case Number: 38105 Decided: 06/02/1959 Supreme Court of Oklahoma NATIONAL PRINTING AND OFFICE SUPPLY COMPANY, INC., E.L. MURPHY AND HELEN G. MURPHY, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. GRACE LEE FRANK, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. Syllabus by the Court. ¶0 1. Where one surety upon a promissory note makes a payment thereon in excess of his pro rata share he is subrogated to the rights of the payee therein to the extent of such payment and is entitled to recover from the principal obligor on such note the full amount of such payment and from his co-sureties their pro rata share of the sum so paid. 2. Where a co-surety upon a note has paid more than his pro rata share on such obligation, he is not a necessary party defendant in an action by another co-surety who seeks to recover against the principal obligor the amount paid by him, provided the co-sureties sued are not required to pay in excess of their pro rata share of the amount sought to be recovered. 3. Where related cases are consolidated for trial and it is stipulated by the parties that any pertinent evidence introduced in the hearing of any one of the consolidated cases shall be considered as introduced in any one of such cases, including the court reporters certified transcript of all oral testimony and without the necessity of mentioning such evidence, all of the evidence introduced in regard to any one of such cases must be considered as evidence introduced in any one of the consolidated cases and such transcript of the oral testimony taken in any case is before this Court on appeal of any one of such consolidated cases. Appeal from District Court of Creek County; Jess I. Miracle, Judge. Action by Grace Lee Frank to recover from National Printing and Office Supply Company, Inc., for sum paid by her as surety upon the note of the Printing Company, and for one-fourth of such sum against E.L. Murphy and Helen G. Murphy each, being two of sureties on said note, as their pro rata shares as co-sureties. Judgment for plaintiff for $1,272.79 against the Printing Company as principal obligor and against E.L. and Helen G. Murphy as cosureties. Judgment affirmed. Glenn O. Young, David Young, Sapulpa, for plaintiffs in error. Loeffler, Loeffler & Allen, Sapulpa, for defendant in error. HALLEY, Justice. ¶1 This case was consolidated for trial by the District Court of Creek County, the other two cases being Nos. 38,080 Okl., 343 P.2d 1085 and 38,104, Okl., 343 P.2d 1090 . In the case before us Grace Lee Frank seeks to recover the balance due upon a promissory note dated April 2, 1955, payable to the American National Bank of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, signed by National Printing and Office Supply Company, Inc., and by E.L. Murphy, Helen G. Murphy, John Frank and Grace Lee Frank as sureties. Judgment was rendered August 19, 1957, in favor of Grace Lee Frank for the balance due upon the note, $1,272.79, against the principal obligor, the Printing Company mentioned and against the co-sureties, the Murphys for $318.20, each. This note was secured by the same collateral as that which secured the $25,000 note involved in the other two consolidated cases. ¶2 We have carefully examined the evidence and find that it is ample to support the judgment. The principles of law applicable to the facts in this case are the same as those in Case No. 38,080, and we find it unnecessary to repeat them here, but adopt the opinion in that case as controlling here. ¶3 Since we find the evidence ample to support the judgment rendered in favor of Grace Lee Frank, it is hereby affirmed.