Moerlein v. Scottish Mortgage & Investment Co. of Mexico, Ltd.

COLLARD, Associate Justice.

— This is a suit by appellee against appellants, husband and wife, on a promissory note for $1500, executed by Christian Moerlein, payable to the order of J. Gordon Brown, and to foreclose a deed of trust executed by Christian and Mary M. Moerlein on certain lots in the city of Houston, Texas, to secure the payment of the note. Among other defenses set up by Mary M. Moerlein, she denied under oath the execution of the deed of trust. The defendants set up homestead in the property at the time the deed of trust was executed. Plaintiff replied, that the place had been…