Pope v. Beauchamp

On the 17th day of January, 1910, C. T. Wright procured from appellee J. L. Rutherford a deed to the N. V. Delgado survey in Titus county, and in payment therefor delivered to Rutherford two vendor’s lien notes for $5,980 each, executed January 5, 1910, by G. P. Holford to C. C. Hutcherson. These notes purport to have been given in part payment for certain land in El Paso county, known as a part of the La Prieta grant. The record shows that in purchasing Rutherford’s land Wright was guilty of the grossest fraud, to which Holford and Hutcherson were doubtless parties. No sale had been made…