Bank of Dover v. Jones

Appellant sued appellees in August, 1933, on a past-due promissory note for ‘$252:67 and interest, and at the same time sued out a writ of attachment, on the ground that appellees were nonresidents of the State, which was levied on a 180-acre tract of land owned -by appellee, Mrs. H. Jones, who is the mother of appellee Bud Jones. Service was had upon them in the State of Texas under the provisions of § 1157, Crawford & Moses’ Digest. Bud Jones did not answer, but Mrs. H. Jones answered November 6, 1933, denying generally the allegations of the complaint, and particularly denying that she was…