C.C. Kidd v. J.H. McCracken
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Second District, in an appeal from Parker County. Kidd and wife sued McCracken and others, and obtained writ of error on the affirmance, on their appeal, of a judgment for defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibrell
This is a suit by plaintiffs, C. C. Kidd and-wife, against Joe H. McCracken et al., begun in the District Court of Parker County, for the purpose of declaring an instrument a mortgage which upon its face purports to be a deed, and to enjoin a sale of the property described in the such instrument. Defendants answered by general denial and special plea that the property was purchased outright and in good faith for full value. There was no plea of or prayer for affirmative relief. The cause was tried before the court without a jury and judgment entered for defendants. Plaintiffs sought to take a…
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