City of Ft. Worth v. Zane Cetti

CONNER, Chief Justice.

Mrs. Harriet E. Cetti, appellee’s testatrix and mother, owned six and one-fourth acres of land situated in the city of Fort Worth, Texas, which she, acting by appellee, on January 2, 1890, sold to E. E. McAnulty, Thomas Soche and A. M. Carter for $30,000, one-fourth of which was paid in cash, and notes were given for the balance payable in one, two and three years with the vendor’s lien on the premises sold to secure their payment. By mesne conveyance Drew Pruit, on March 14, 1890, purchased the land, as part of the consideration, assuming the payment of the first two…