People's Savings Bank v. Raines
Citation | 2 S.W.2d 20,175 Ark. 1155 |
Decision Date | 23 January 1928 |
Docket Number | 138 |
Parties | PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK v. RAINES |
Court | Supreme Court of Arkansas |
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Third Division; Marvin Harris Judge; reversed.
STATEMENT OF FACTS.
The bank brought this suit upon a promissory note for $ 189.50 alleged to have been executed by appellee, John R. Raines, on January 12, 1926, to one E. W. Tillman, and by him sold and transferred to the bank on January 14, 1926, in due course of business and for a valuable consideration and without any notice of any defects in or defenses thereto. An affidavit of merit was made to the complaint, in accordance with § 1233, C. & M. Digest of the Statutes.
The appellee answered, denying the material allegations of the complaint and any liability on the note, alleging that it was given for a premium on an insurance policy; that it was only pledged as collateral by the payee, Tillman, to the appellant bank to secure his own note given for the loan before the insurance policy for which it was given was issued and delivered to appellee; that the note at the time was non-negotiable and void; that the insurance policy for which it was given was not issued as applied for, and never accepted by appellee, and was canceled by the insurance company. No affidavit of merit, as prescribed by § 1233 C. & M. Digest, was made to the answer.
Appellant filed a reply, denying that the note sued on was non- negotiable and void at the time of its transfer to it and that any policy of insurance for which it might have been given as a premium thereon was not issued as applied for nor accepted by appellee.
The testimony shows that the note was a purchased in due course of business for value before maturity by appellant bank from Tillman, the payee, without notice of any defects therein or defenses thereto, and is in form an ordinary negotiable promissory note for $ 189.50, dated January 12, 1926, payable June 15, 1926, to the order of E. W. Tillman, and duly indorsed by him.
The note was given for the premium on an insurance policy, and executed at the time the application for the policy was made on January 12, 1926. The bank had no notice that the note had been given for an insurance premium until they notified appellee, in May before it became due in June, that the bank was the holder of the note and would expect payment when it became due.
Appellee admitted the execution of the note, and stated it was given for a premium on an insurance policy at the time the application for the policy was made. That the policy was delivered to him about the first of February thereafter, but was not issued in the form applied for, and that, some time in April thereafter, Tillman, the payee of the note, who had solicited the insurance, came over and took the policy up stating, at the time, that he had quit the insurance company, and wanted to make a settlement with them, and would return appellee's note in a few days. He gave him a receipt for the policy as follows:
Appellee said: Said he had paid nothing to the People's Bank on the note, and did not know where Tillman was. Claimed the policy was not issued as applied for because Tillman represented that, under the policy, in case of permanent disability $ 20 per month would be paid, and the policy did not call for that.
The court refused to give plaintiff's requested instruction for a directed verdict and also its requested instruction No. 2. It also refused appellee's request for a directed verdict, and gave, over appellant's objection, his requested instruction No. 4.
The jury returned a verdict in appellee's favor, and from the judgment thereon this appeal is prosecuted.
Judgment reversed.
Raymond Jones, for appellant.
Tom F. Digby, for appellee.
Appellant insists that the court erred in refusing to direct a verdict in its favor.
This appeal involves the construction of § 7960, C. & M. Digest, which provides:
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