Riley v. Atmar
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Trinity County; E. A. Berry, Judge. Suit by L. P. Atmar and others against E. J. Riley. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
E. J. Riley owed the First National Bank of Groveton, Tex., $4,700 in promissory notes. Being unable to pay them, he agreed with L. P. Atmar, acting as trustee for the bank, to convey to him in that capacity for the bank’s benefit, and in full settlement of the indebtedness, 397.5 acres of land in Tyler county, Tex., and all merchantable pine timber upon five other tracts of land in the same county, aggregating 474.8 acres; Riley first ostensibly showing the five tracts by pointing out their lines to the bank’s timber estimator, representing that he had misplaced the field notes, but knew the…
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