Bumpass v. Morrison
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Dallas. Tried below before the Hon. George N. Aldridge. The final judgment referred to in the latter part of the opinion was rendered December 24, 1885, a motion for a new trial having been overruled December 15, 1885. The execution issued in February, 1886, the property was advertised for sale on March 2,1886, and the court adjourned March 6, 1886. Writ of •error bond filed July 1, 1886.
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Chief Justice.
On July 1, 1884, appellants conveyed to the appellee certain property in the city of Dallas in «consideration of a sum of money sufficient to discharge a lien on the property which was about to be foreclosed, and in further consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars, which was paid by the conveyance of another lot by appellee to appellants.
*758The price agreed upon for the lot last referred to was five hundred dollars, and to secure the payment of two hundred dollars of this, which was not paid in the exchange of property, the notes sued on in this case were executed.
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