Gilliam v. Brock

This suit was instituted by the appellee, Brock, against appellant, Arthur B. Gilliam, and Burl L. Martin, J. B. Dunn, and Calvin Adams.

The plaintiff’s * petition contained two counts; the first count being a formal action in trespass to try title for the recovery of a section of land. The second count sought, in the alternative, to recover upon four certain promissory notes, given by Martin to the defendant Calvin Adams as a part of the purchase money for a tract of land situated in Yoakum and Cochran counties.

In the deed from Adams to Martin, a vendor’s lien was reserved to secure the…