Hicks v. Hugo

1. On May 4, 1925, Wimer-Richardson & Co., an investment corporation, sold certain lots in San Antonio to Jeannette Copeland Hicks, wife of W. D. Hicks. As part consideration for the land, the Hickses executed and delivered to the corporation their promissory note for the principal sum of $8,500, due five years after date, with interest at 8 per cent., payable semiannually, as evidenced by twenty interest coupon notes, ten of which were for $297.50 each, and ten for $42.50 each. The notes contained the usual attorney’s fee clause, and all of them were made payable at the office of said…