Legal Opinion
Granrud v. Rea
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 20, 1900PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from the County Court of Bosque. Tried below before Hon. H. C. Cooke.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNTER, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought in the County Court hy Rea against A. Granrud to recover judgment on a note for $225, and to foreclose a chattel mortgage on certain live stock and crops raised by A. Granrud on a certain farm in the year 1899. Granrud pleaded that the mortgage and note were written with a pen in English, and that he could not read such written English, he being a Norwegian, and that he was induced by Rea to sign the same by false representations.
Anna Granrud, aged 18 years, and Tomine Granrud, age 21 years, daughters of A. Granrud, intervened, claiming a prior…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Weaver v. AshcroftTexas Supreme Court · 1878
- Sparks v. DawsonTexas Supreme Court · 1877
- Rohrbough v. Leopold Bros. & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1887
- Wylie v. PoseyTexas Supreme Court · 1888
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