Gose v. Brooks
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Lamar County; A. P. Doboney, Judge. Suit' by S. W. Gose and another against George A. Brooks. From judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHodges, J.
In January, 1920, appellants, Gose and Lancaster, sued the appel-lee, Brooks, for the recovery of certain live stock fully described in their petition. Brooks defended upon the ground that he was lienholder in possession under the terms of a mortgage given by one who called himself J. R. Jordan, and who at the time claimed to own the stock. The facts, about which there is little or no controversy, are substantially as follows:
[1] On January 1, 1920, a young man representing himself as J. R. Jordan, and a nephew of J. R. Jordan, of Arcadia, La., appeared in Paris, Tex., as a purchaser of mules…
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