Crump v. Schneider
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal and Cross-Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas; Gordon Russell, Judge. Suit by Mrs. Grace Schneider and another against A. G. Crump. From the decree which granted complainants only partial relief, defendant appeals, and complainants cross-appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BATTS, Circuit Judge.
M. and A. Schneider, acting by M. Schneider, on April 8, 1907, made a contract with A. G. Crump for the sale *226to him of the Isaac Lassiter survey in Bowie county, Tex. The consideration for the conveyance was $3,750, evidenced by 30 promissory notes, payable to J. and G. Schneider, all secured by an express lien. Contemporaneously a writing was signed by the parties, reciting the execution of the deed and agreeing, in order to clear the title to the land, that Crump should forthwith institute suit in the district court of Bowie county, Tex., against the unknown heirs of…
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