Court Opinion

ID: 3812086
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 07:50:19.562649+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:00:51.812200
License: Public Domain

This proceeding in error is a counterpart to cause No. 18315, Cole v. Kinch, 134 Okla. 262, 272 P. 1017, and the statement of facts there is considered in augmentation of the facts here stated.
A promissory note of the date of September 20, 1920, was executed by W. J. Cole and delivered to E. T. Creegan, guardian of the estate of William McKinley Clayton, minor, for a consideration of $2,500, paid to the maker. The due date was January 10, 1921, interest at 10 per cent. per annum. The guardian was having some trouble with the county court on account of the overdue note not having been paid and about that time, on solicitation of the guardian, defendant S. G. Smith endorsed the note as follows: "Payment guaranteed, S. J. Smith." The guardian was paid for the note and suit was entered by assignee upon the note and recovery had against the principal, and that judgment affirmed in the companion case. Judgment was for defendant Smith in the court below, from which the plaintiff appeals hereby.
The judgment below absolved Smith from liability on the note for the evident reason that there was no consideration binding upon him for his endorsement. Smith signed the note at payee's request long after maturity in consideration of the fact that payee represented that such indorsement would be an accommodation to him. Such *Page 256 
indorsement was also in view of the fact of a pledge of six United States Liberty Bonds of the par value of $3,000 to secure the debt of $2,500 represented by the note.
From our review of the evidence, we cannot say the trial court committed error in its view that Smith was solely an indorser without consideration to himself or the maker of the note, or anyone except the payee, therefore, we affirm the judgment under the rule in First Nat. Bank of Poteau v. Allen,88 Okla. 162, 212 P. 597.
MASON, V. C. J., and HARRISON, LESTER, HUNT, and HEFNER, JJ., concur.