Federal Land Bank of Houston v. Brooks

O’QUINN, Justice.

By his warranty deed, dated the 18th day of January, 1918, W. L. McClendon conveyed to R. Hairston two tracts of land out of the Thomas Smith headright survey in Shelby County; tract No. 1 described as containing “about 57½ acres of land”, and tract No. 2 as'containing 80 acres of land. On the 19th day of November, 1919, Robert Hairston, joined by his wife, executed a deed of trust to appellant, The Federal Land Bank of Houston, naming H. M. Gossett as trustee, to secure appellant in the payment of their note to it, of even date with the deed of trust, for the sum of $2,000.…