Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank of Dallas v. Lancaster

ALEXANDER, Justice.

This suit involves the question of the right to offset one judgment against another. On the 17th day of July, 1934, the Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank of Dallas recovered judgment in the district court of Dallas county against C. M. Lancaster for debt in the sum of $31,602.70, with foreclosure of lien on land. After the sale of the security the Land Bank held a deficiency judgment for approximately $3,179.22. On the 15th day of May, 1935, Lancaster recovered a judgment in the district court of McLennan county for $3,610. This judgment was obtained in an action for damages for…