Vinson v. Whitfield
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Panola County -, W. C. Buford, Judge. Action by M. J. Whitfield against Rhoda Vinson. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. On October 16, 1886, Sam Vinson executed a note for $110, due November 1, 1889, payable to Beauchamp or bearer, bearing 12 per cent, interest from date. Appellee claims to have become the purchaser of this note, for a valuable consideration, before maturity.
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Error from District Court, Panola County -, W. C. Buford, Judge. Action by M. J. Whitfield against Rhoda Vinson. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. On October 16, 1886, Sam Vinson executed a note for $110, due November 1, 1889, payable to Beauchamp or bearer, bearing 12 per cent, interest from date. Appellee claims to have become the purchaser of this note, for a valuable consideration, before maturity. In October, 1893, Sam Vinson made and signed on the back of this note an acknowledgment of the justness of the debt and provided that it become due December 1, 1893, and on…
1Opinion of the CourtLevy, J.
(after stating the facts as above). Appellant for error makes the point that her undertaking sued on was purely an individual liability, and did not operate to create or continue any lien on the land. The judgment foreclosed a vendor’s lien on the land. It was conclusively established that the original indebtedness was that of Sam Vinson, and that hie died more than a year before January 1, 1900. On the date of January 1st mentioned, the original indebtedness of Vinson was barred by limitation by 1 month and 24 days. It was under such circumstances that appellant, the wife of Vinson, made the…
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