McMurrey v. Lampkins

There seems to have been some misunderstanding as to what this suit involved. Plaintiff in error states the suit to be one in trespass to try title to certain land, filed by defendants in error, to which he answered and set up a cross-action for judgment on and foreclosure of certain vendor’s lien notes executed by defendant in error Jim Lampkins in payment for the land in question, payable to the order of plaintiff in error. Defendants in error state the suit was for the cancellation of the notes mentioned in the cross-action of plaintiff in error, alleged to have been executed under duress.…