O'CON v. Hightower

POPE, Justice.

Appellant, O’Con, has appealed from a default judgment in favor of appellee, Hightower, which cancelled a promissory note given by Hightower to appellant in part consideration for a sale of the fixtures, equipment, merchandise, and place of business known as “O’Con’s Shamrock Ice Station Number Two.”

Hightower bought the place of business by paying $2,000 in cash and delivering her promissory note in the principal amount of $3,000, secured by a chattel mortgage on the fixtures, merchandise and equipment. Hightower asserted in her petition that the sale was induced by fraudulent…