Ritz v. First Nat. Bank of Pecos
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Reeves County ; Chas. Gibbs, Judge. Suit by the First National Bank of Pecos against Max Ritz, wherein a writ of attachment was levied upon land, which defendant’s wife, in a cross-action joined by her husband, claimed to be homestead. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHiggins, J.
Appellee on September 3, 1921, brought this suit against Max Ritz to recover upon a promissory note in its favor executed by him.
Upon the filing of the petition the plaintiff applied for a writ of attachment upon the ground that Ritz was a nonresident. The writ was issued and levied upon certain premises in the town of Pecos.
Ritz answered, admitting that the bank was entitled to Judgment against him upon the note.
By cross-action Mrs. Ritz, joined by her husband, set up that the property levied upon under the writ was their homestead and had never been abandoned by them, that the writ had been…
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