Hughes v. Hess

This suit, on certain vendor’s lien notes and to foreclose the lien securing the notes, was instituted by Robert Hughes, Independent Executor of the Estate of Mrs. Emma Cornell, deceased, against D. L. Hess, who had assumed the notes in question, and Noah Millsap, E. F. Richardson, and Mrs. Lela Viola Millsap Richardson. Upon trial without a jury, judgment was rendered for the plaintiff for the amount of the notes as against D. L. Hess, but foreclosure was denied. The judgment of the trial court was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 166 S. W. (2d) 718.

The vendor’s lien notes on which…