Whitmire v. May
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Dallas County. Whitmire brought suit for the recovery of land against May, a tenant, whose landlord Powell, as administrator, appeared and defended "the suit. Defendants had judgment, which was affirmed on appeal. Whit-mire then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
On the 1st- day of February, 1897, one F. H. Doran sold to one J. D. Pippin the tract of land, the half of which is in controversy in this suit. Pippin paid $635 in cash and _executed to Doran five promissory notes of $100 each, maturing at different dates, as a consideration for the land. Doran’s deed reserved a lien for the unpaid purchase money, and at the same time Pippin executed a deed of trust which empowered the trustee W. H. Lewis to sell the property for the payment of the notes in case of default.
On February 13, 1897, Pippin, for a recited consideration of…
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