Cocke v. Southland Life Ins. Co.

WALTHALL, Justice.

On January 26, 1933, in the district court of Dallas county, Tex., a final judgment by default was entered in favor of appellee, Southland Life Insurance Company, against appellant Emmett B. Cocke, Bessie H. Cocke, Brooks Hardware Company, a corporation, and Hidalgo Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, a municipal corporation. The judgment entered, based upon an instructed jury verdict on the merits, was for the sum of $35,798.33, against appellant Emmett B. Cocke, with interest from the date of the judgment, and foreclosing a deed of trust lien as to all appellants…