Sloan v. Newton

STOKES, Justice.

This is a suit in the nature of an equitable bill of review, its object being to vacate and set aside a judgment by default obtained by appellant against appel-lee in the county court of Lubbock County on the 20th of September, 1933. The record discloses that at the July term, 1933, of the county court, appellant, Tom Sloan, filed a suit against appellee, M. D. Newton, in which he alleged that on or about the 26th of August, 1931, at the special instance and request of appellee, he had loaned to appellee the sum of $300, to be repaid upon demand. No note was executed.…