Purdy v. Grove

J. O. Grove sued J. T. Purdy and wife, Lillie Purdy, on a note and to foreclose a deed of trust lien securing the same on lot 7, block 15, in the town of Gorman, Eastland county, Tex. Recovery was resisted on the ground that the lien was void as an attempt to mortgage the homestead, and that the defendants had been adjudged bankrupts. At the conclusion of the testimony the trial court instructed a verdict for the plaintiff, and, from the judgment thereon, establishing the debt and foreclosing the lien, the defendants appeal.

This appeal is predicated on five propositions of law, and the first…