Givens v. Carter

Appellees, H. W.’ Carter and wife, brought this suit against appellants, John C. Givens and G. W. Boyd, to recover on three promissory notes and to foreclose the vendor’s lien on a certain parcel of land for which said notes were executed. It was alleged, in effect: That said land was the separate property of Mrs. Carter, and it was conveyed by her and her husband to John C. Givens. He executed his notes therefor, which notes were made payable to the order of H. W. Carter, and to secure the payment of which a lien was reserved in the deed and so specified in the notes. That G. W. Boyd had…