Hodges v. Commonwealth Bank & Trust Co.

The Commonwealth Bank & Trust Company recovered a money judgment for amounts aggregating $43,900 against T. E. Mumme, and for foreclosure of first liens upon certain lands belonging to Mumme in Bexar, Frio, and Atascosa counities. In the same action J. J. Hodges and associates obtained judgment against Mumme for .$30,718.42 and foreclosure of a junior lien upon the same lands. In pursuance of said judgment, the lands were sold under execution and conveyed by sheriff’s deeds to the Bank & Trust Company for amounts less than the judgment obtained by the latter. Subsequently Hodges and his…