Howell v. Townsend
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Bexar County; J. T. Sluder, Judge. Suit by Foard Townsend against Eli Howell and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtFly, C. J.
This is a suit instituted by ap-pellee against Eli Howell and Ira Grounds to recover on twó promissory notes for $808 each, executed by said Howell and secured by a vendor’s lien on 161% acres of land out of survey 135, district No. 2, originally granted to the heirs of Edmund Guerin, in Frio county; it being alleged that the land was conveyed to Howell by M. H. Townsend, now deceased, and .that afterwards it was conveyed by Howell to Grounds, who had assumed payment of the notes. It was also alleged that appellee was the owner and holder of the notes, and that Ira Grounds had died, and that…
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