Price v. Pelton

BAUGH, Justice.

In 1935 one H. F. Harrington obtained a judgment against appellant Price in the District Court of Dallas County for $7,134. Abstract of this judgment was subsequently filed in Runnels County, Texas, where Price was the record owner of an interest in an oil gas lease on lands situated in that county. In September 1943 Harrington assigned said judgment to H. E. Pelton. This suit was brought by Price to cancel said judgment and remove clouds on appellant’s leases, on the ground that .he had settled same with Pelton for $720, had paid him said sum and then obtained Pel ton’s…