National Western Life Insurance Company v. Acreman

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by W. M. Acreman on a sworn account for labor and materials furnished to build a road and to establish and foreclose a mechanic’s and material-man’s lien on 160 acres of land. Henry S. Fuller, II, Gerald J. Creighton, Jr., and National Western Life Insurance Company were named as defendants in the plaintiff’s petition. Fuller defaulted and the trial court rendered judgment against him awarding Acreman a recovery of the full amount of the debt. Trial of the issues as to the other defendants was to the court without a jury and judgment was rendered…