Steffian v. Milmo National Bank
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Webb. Tried below before the Hon. J. C. Russell. In addition to what appears in the opinion, it may be stated that on the trial of this cause the witness A. L. McLane having testified that he was not a party to, or in any way interested in this suit, the defendant thereupon offered to prove by him the following facts, to wit: That when the deceased, Peter Steffian, handed to witness the deed from Steffian to Hunt, he, Steffian, remarked to witness “be sure and…
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Appeal from Webb. Tried below before the Hon. J. C. Russell. In addition to what appears in the opinion, it may be stated that on the trial of this cause the witness A. L. McLane having testified that he was not a party to, or in any way interested in this suit, the defendant thereupon offered to prove by him the following facts, to wit: That when the deceased, Peter Steffian, handed to witness the deed from Steffian to Hunt, he, Steffian, remarked to witness “be sure and return it (the deed) to me.” And that a day or two after the deceased came to the office of witness in great agitation and…
1Opinion of the Court
Gaines, Associate Justice.
This suit was originally instituted in the court below by the appellee against A. C. Hunt, to recover on a note for about ten thousand dollars, made payable to it by Hunt, and to foreclose a mortgage executed by him to secure the note. The petition alleged that Peter Steffian was set*516ting up a claim to the land conveyed by the mortgagee, and he was also made a party defendant. Steffian having died before the trial, appellant, as executrix of his will, made herself a party defendant. Upon the trial the court gave judgment for the amount of the note, and decreed a…
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