Carter v. Brown
Texas Supreme Court
Motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction an application for writ of error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Wise County.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
The suit was originally instituted by W. R. Thompson to recover upon a vendor’s lien note, and to foreclose the lien upon a lot in the town of Alvord. The defendants were L. G-. Keys, the maker of the note, three other parties, who were alleged to have successively purchased the lot and assumed the payment of the note, and T. B. Brite, a purchaser in possession. Brite interpleaded W. T. Brown, the present defendant in error, his vendor, praying for judgment over against him on his warranty of title in the event a foreclosure was decreed. Brown, in turn, interpleaded John T. Carter, the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Brown v. CatesTexas Supreme Court · 1905
- Thompson v. KeysCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
3Cited by2 opinions
- Dallas Lumber Co. v. GoldeTexas Commission of Appeals · 1929
- Panhandle & S. F. Ry. Co. v. PoseyTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919