Howell v. Tomlinson

Complainant, as executor of Mrs. Martha Y. Thomas, deceased, brought this suit to recover on certain notes which W. H. Tomlinson had given Mrs. Thomas for the purchase of two tracts of land, one of 52y2 acres and another of 70 acres, in Houston County; and to enforce a vendor’s lien on the land.

The land formerly belonged to J. H. Lomax, deceased; and his widow and heirs at law were also made defend ants to the suit. These heirs were his two children, Clifton Lomax, a nonresident, and Edna Lomax Tomlinson, wife of the defendant W. H. Tomlinson. The widow, Cora Lomax, died intestate and the…