Thornton v. Goodman
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Eighth Supreme Judicial District. Action by Lewis Goodman against A. L. Thornton and wife, a judgment for plaintiff was affirmed in the Court of Civil Appeals, (185 S. W. 926), and the defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtSoneield, P. J.
Lewis Goodman, joined by his wife, conveyed in trust to Atlas Jones certain premises in the city of El Paso, to secure the payment of a note in the sum of $2,500, due one year after date, payable to the order of A. M. Thornton. The note contained a provision for attorney’s fees. The deed in trust vested in the trustee the power of sale, in the event of default. The note not being paid at maturity, the trustee, after due notice and advertisement, sold the premises on the first Tuesday in November, 1914, to A. M. Thornton for the sum of $1,000, and executed a deed conveying the property to her.…
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