Draper v. Presley

This case originated in the justice court, was appealed and finally tried in the county court at law No. 1, and from its judgment this appeal was prosecuted. The facts will be stated as we think they were established by the evidence and as substantially found by the jury. Earnest Draper, appellant, was indebted to J. Earl Presley, appellee, in the sum of $85, being the unpaid balance of a promissory note, payable in installments, originally for $190, given as part purchase money for an automobile (De Soto coach) and was secured by a chattel mortgage lien on the car. The mortgage contained…