Mansel v. Castles
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in ■ an appeal from Brazos County. Castles sued Hansel and- others and obtained a judgment for debt and foreclosure of lien, and at a subsequent term, on motion filed after expiration of the former term, a judgment correcting the description of the land foreclosed on. Defendants then appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
The defendant in error brought this suit against the plaintiffs in error to recover upon two promissory notes executed by the latter and to foreclose a lien upon two tracts of land. One of the tracts was fully described in an exhibit to the petition. The description of the other was as follows: “A part of the J. D. Allcorn league in Brazos County, Texas, and described as follows: Beginning at the south corner of the J. W. Beckham 160 acre tract in said league; thence south 45 W. 906 varas with S. E. boundary line of said league to a stake and mound in prairie; thence…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Coffey v. HendricksTexas Supreme Court · 1886
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