Harper v. Lott Town & Improvement Co.
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Eourth Supreme Judicial District. Action by the Lott Town & Improvement Company against Corilla J. Harper and another, in which defendants filed a cross-action. Judgment for-plaintiff in part was on its appeal reversed, reformed and rendered by the Court of Civil Appeals (204 S. W. 452), and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
This is an action in debt and for foreclosure of vendor’s lien, instituted in the district court of Hidalgo county, Tex., by the Lott Town & Improvement Company, a corporation, against Corilla J. Harper and her sister, Ruth. The action was for the balance due upon a note for $7,642.60, executed by the Harper sisters on April 8, 1910, including interest and attorney’s fees, and which note had been given to said Lott Town & Improvement Company in part payment for the purchase of 250.16 acres of land situated in said county. Plaintiffs in error admitted the execution of the note for the amount…
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