Kelsay Lumber Co. v. Crowell

Crowell executed a promissory note in the sum of $1,200 in favor of the Kelsay Lumber Company for the purchase price of lumber to be used in the construction of a house on a lot owned by Crowell in the city of Fort Worth. Contemporaneously with the execution of the note, the Kelsay Lumber Company and Crowell executed a written contract, by the terms of which the lumber company was given a lien on the lot and the improvements to be placed thereon to secure the payment of the note; and the lumber company agreed to furnish the lumber and building materials to be used in the construction of the…