Hughes v. Bryson

Appellant sued appellees upon four notes for $500 each, executed by appellee Mrs. Ellen E. Bryson and payable to appellant on April 1,1925, 1926, 1927, and 1928, respectively, and for foreclosure of a deed of trust lien on 4,000 acres of land in Concho county, given by Mrs. Bryson to secure payment of the notes. Appellee T. Y. Hill later acquired Mrs. Bryson’s title to the land, assuming certain indebtedness of which the notes in suit wére alleged to be a part. Appellees answered that the consideration for the notes had failed because given for interest to subsequently accrue on a $20,000…