Norton v. White

L. E. Norton, plaintiff in error, owned a tract of land in Harris county, with a lien thereon of $3,000. E. E. White owned a tract of land in Hidalgo county. The parties agreed to exchange lands. Norton conveyed the Harris county land to White, subject to the incumbrance, and White, at Norton’s request, conveyed the Hidalgo county land to one Gillette, who executed a vendor’s lien note for $3,000, maturing November 15, 1926. Gillette conveyed the Hidalgo county land to Norton, who took subject to the vendor’s lien held by White.

There was an agreement entered into between the parties, that, if…