Douglass v. Blount
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Liberty County. Blount sued Douglass and others, and had judgment from which Douglass appealed and on its affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
W. M. Fortescue conveyed to Isaac
Watson a half league of land for $3321, of which one-third was paid in cash, and for the remainder two notes for $881 each, payable in one and two years, and one note for $452, payable in three years, were executed -by Watson. The deed executed by Fortescue reserved a lien to secure payment of the notes. Fortescue at once assigned the third note to W. S. Swilley, who, .with one Cameron, afterwards indorsed it to the Beliance Lumber Company. That company brought suit upon the note .against Watson as maker and Swilley and Cameron as…
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