Barnett v. Alamo Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error to District Court, Matagorda County; Wells Thompson, Judge. Action by the Alamo Lumber Company against Charles E. Barnett- and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcMEANS, J.
The Alamo Lumber Company brought this suit against Charles E. Barnett and E. F. Barnett, to recover upon a promissory note for the sum of $375, together with 10 per cent, interest and 10 per cent, attorney’s fees, and to foreclose a me-1 chanic’s, materialman’s, and contractor’s lien on a tract of land in Matagorda county, by which the payment of said note was alleged to be secured. The defendants having failed to appear and answer, a judgment by default was rendered against them, from which they have prosecuted this appeal by writ of error, and ask a reversal of the judgment because the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Robinson v. HortonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904