Kostas v. C. D. Shamburger Lumber Co.

MARTIN, Justice.

On July 11, 1928, August Progakis, a Greek citizen of Wichita county, bought the land in controversy from W. H. Stath and wife, the consideration being $10 cash and the assumption of the balance on a vendor’s lien note for $750 due Cleveland and Littrel, payable in monthly installments and a debt due Shamburger Lumber Company for $1,150, secured by mechanic’s and material lien for lumber and other materials Stath had used in the erection of a house on the premises.

On the same date of purchase, it appears that Progakis addressed a letter to a Greek friend, Paul Kostas, in which…