Straus v. Brooks

GEORGE, Justice.

Lelia Brooks and husband, Ross Brooks, filed suit against Eugene Straus, trading as Eugene Straus & Company, and J. B. Quinn, trustee, to set aside deed of trust lien on Caddo Street property on the ground that same was homestead at the time of attempted creation of lien and at the time of each renewal thereof. United Construction Company intervened, asserting ownership of first lien by reason of certain paving ordinances and two mechanic’s lien contracts. Straus answered, averring paramount lien, and that Lelia Brooks and Ross Brooks were estopped to assert an invaiidity in…