First State Bank of Jacksonville v. Smith

(after stating the case as above).

In his petition appellee alleged that the land was conveyed to J. N. Brooker by E. C. Clabaugh, Jr., acting as a substitute trustee under a deed of trust to J. W. Cooke dated March 23, 1927, filed for record July 19, 1927, and recorded in volume 12, page 624, of the Panola County Deed of Trust Records. At the trial, over appellants’ objection, the court admitted as evidence a deed of trust from the resource corporation to J. W. Cooke, trustee, not dated, but the execution of which was acknowledged May 10, 1927, and which was filed for record July 19, 1927,…