Smith v. Cooley
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Sherman County; D. B. Hill, Judge. Suit by J. W. Smith against M. B. Cooley and Mattie Cooley on a vendor’s lien note executed by M. B. Cooley to Mattie Cooley, and by her transferred to plaintiff. Henning Chambers intervened, setting up a similar lien note. From a judgment foreclosing the liens and directing the proceeds to be apportioned between plaintiff and intervener, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHuff, C. J.
The appellant, J. W. Smith, brought this suit originally against M. B. Cooley and Mattie Cooley, on a vendor’s lien note for $2,000, dated January 10, 1912, with 8 per cent, interest per annum and the usual 10 per cent, attorney’s fees executed by M. B. Cooley to Mattie Cooley, who transferred the note before maturity to appellant, J. W. Smith; appellant praying for a foreclosure of the vendor’s lien upon section 45, block 3 T, Sherman county, Tex. Afterwards Henning Chambers intervened, setting up that he was the holder of a note for $3,000,’ executed by M. B. Cooley to Mattie Cooley, which…
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