Cont'nal Natl. Bk. of Ft. Worth v. Conner

Continental National Bank of Fort Worth, petitioner here, sued respondents, H. M. Conner and wife, to enforce for the amount of $1,400.00 and interest a mechanic’s lien note of $4,250.00, made by the Conners and hypothecated to the bank by the payee of the note, A. D. Womack, who was also the contractor in the mechanic’s lien contract; the pledge being security for a loan or loans to Womack by the bank in the principal sum of $1,400.00. The premises in question were not a homestead at the time of the execution or hypothecation of the note and contract. The administrator of Womack’s estate and…