BROWN v. EAST SIDE NATIONAL BANK

No. 44,359

196 Kan. 372 (1966)

411 P.2d 605

VAL J. BROWN and JOSEPHINE BROWN, Appellees, v. EAST SIDE NATIONAL BANK OF WICHITA, a Kansas Corporation, and H. CORNELL SMITH, Appellants and Cross-Appellees, and ROBERT LIGHTNER, Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 5, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Jones, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Mark H. Adams, Wm. I. Robinson, J. Ashford Manka, Clifford L. Malone, Mark H. Adams, II, John S. Seeber, Floyd E. Jensen, Philip L. Bowman, Robert Hall and Joe Rolston, of counsel, all of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellant and cross-appellee, East Side National Bank of Wichita.

LeRoy Warner, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Laurence S. Holmes and T.L. O'Hara, both of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the cross-appellant, Robert Lightner.

Chester I. Lewis, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the briefs for the appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

HATCHER, C.:

This appeal stems from a controversy over the application of funds to the payment of a promissory note and the liability of a co-signer thereon.

On March 23, 1961, the plaintiffs, Val J. and Josephine Brown, entered into a construction contract for additions and improvements to their residence in Wichita, Kansas, with the Bontz Construction Company, Inc...

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