West End Town Co. v. Grigg
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Bexar County. On motion for rehearing by defendants in error rehearing was granted to permit oral argument, in accordance with the written opinion published herewith; but after argument the court adhered to its original rulings without further written opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The West End Town Company sued Grigg and wife on a number of notes alleged to be for the purchase money of two lots described in the petition. Defendants set up that the two lots constituted their homestead, and that they conveyed them to plaintiff to secure the payment of the debt represented by the notes sued upon, which was contracted for the construction of a residence upon the lots. The pleadings raised the issues presented by the following conclusions of fact, filed by the judge of the District Court, before whom the case was tried without a jury:
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