Banks v. House
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Harris County. House brought suit against Banks and wife, and the latter appealed from a judgment for plaintiff, and on its affirmance by the Court of Civil Appeals obtained a writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
Ed Banks and his wife, Alice, owned and resided upon a lot in the city of Houston, upon which there were two notes outstanding, respectively for $105 and $110, the purchase money of the lot, and each note provided for 10 per cent interest from maturity and 10 per cent attorneys’ fees, if collected by law. Both notes belonged to House, and were due when this suit was filed.
On the 6th day of January, 1897, a contract was entered into between Banks, joined by his wife, and R. C. Dick, by which Dick agreed to place upon the homestead lot certain improvements described in…
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