Legal Opinion

Wilcox v. First National Bank

Texas Supreme Court

Decided February 12, 1900No. 858PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Archer County. Suit was brought by the bank, which had judgment for the foreclosure of its lien, and upon its affirmance on defendants’ appeal they obtained writ of error.

1Opinion of the Court

GAINES, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by the defendant in error, the First Kational Bank of Austin, against the plaintiff in error to enforce an alleged vendor’s lien, for $496 and interest, upon a section of land, known as section 2 of lands surveyed for the Southern Pacific Railroad Compaq, lying in Archer County. The plaintiff obtained a decree in its favor for the foreclosure of a lien as prayed for, which, upon appeal, ivas affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals.

On the 29th day of May, 1883, one A. L. Rhomberg conveyed to the Stone Cattle and Pasture Compaq, a corporation, the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Conner v. BanksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1850
  2. Slaughter v. OwensTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Towns v. HarrisTexas Supreme Court · 1855
  4. Martin v. PayneNew York Supreme Court · 1812
  5. Low, Administrator v. FeltonTexas Supreme Court · 1892

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. W. C. Belcher Land Mortgage Co. v. TaylorTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919
  2. Eckert v. WendelTexas Supreme Court · 1931
  3. Martin v. DialTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
  4. Tourtelot v. BookerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  5. Watson v. First State Bank of DallasTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922

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