Blakeney v. Francis

Opinion by

THREADGILL, C.

In the trial court plaintiff in error was one of the defendants' and defendant in error was plaintiff, and for convenience the parties will be mentioned in'this opinion'as they appeared there.

Plaintiff filed his petition March 30, 1918. basing his cause of action upon a promissory note and mortgage dated April l, 1908,' and due April 1, 1913, and signed by the defendant. A summons was issued on April 1, 1913, and served by the sheriff on May 7, 1918, by delivering a copy to- one Robert Q. Blakeney, mentioned in the return as a member of defendant’s family over 16 years…