Braden Steel Corp. v. McClure

DODSON, Justice.

After an extra-judicial foreclosure of a deed of trust lien on a 6.5 acre tract, Bra-den Steel Corporation brought suit against Tom McClure and Accent Building Systems, Inc. to recover a deficiency judgment on a promissory note in the original principle sum of $40,000 plus interest and attorney’s fees as therein provided. In addition to his answer, Tom McClure, a single adult, filed a cross-action alleging that the property in question was his rural homestead and requesting that the sale under the deed of trust be set aside. After a bench trial, the court rendered judgment in…