Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Alliance Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1939No. 9082PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
After much elaborate and unnecessary pleading the simple facts were found by the court and are uncontested here. They are: On April 4, 1923, Jim and Lizzie Cunningham, apparently in Texas, and citizens of Texas, gave a note for $3,000 to Commerce Farm Credit Company, a Texas corporation, and secured it by a deed of trust on land in Texas. The note promised to pay ten percent attorney’s fees if sued and the deed promised to keep the buildings insured and to reimburse the holder of the note if he paid the premiums. A month later the papers were transferred by Commerce Farm…
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