Shaw v. First State Bank of Abilene
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Third Supreme Judicial District. Action by the First State Bank of Abilene against C.. M. Shaw and wife and A. H. Richardson. Judgment for defendants was by the Court of Civil Appeals affirmed as to defendant Richardson, and reversed and rendered as to defendants Shaw and wife (214 S. W. 442), and the lattér defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
Defendant in error, First State Bank of Abilene, Tex., instituted this suit to recover of C. M. Shaw and wife, Laura M. Shaw, plaintiffs in error, upon a vendor’s lien note executed by them for the sum of $2,900, and to foreclose the lien upon the lands described in the note.
The facts, necessary to a determination of the question presented, are: That plaintiffs in error owned a 257-acre tract of land, against which two vendor’s lien notes were outstanding, the one in suit and another for the sum of $4,100. A. H. Richardson had, agreed to purchase, and subsequently did purchase, 63 acres out…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Golden v. O'ConnellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
- First State Bank of Abilene v. ShawCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
3Cited by4 opinions
- Bussan v. DonaldCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1951
- Rhoderick v. SwartzellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1933
- Hull v. Guaranty State Bank of CarthageTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
- Strickland Transportation Co. v. First State BankTexas Supreme Court · 1948