Legal Opinion

Nobles v. Long

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 14, 1918No. 1848PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Kaufman County; F. L. I-Iawkins, Judge. Suit by Will Nobles and wife against T. T. Long, in which Mary Nobles intervened. From an adverse judgment, plaintiffs and intervener appeal.

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Appeal from District Court, Kaufman County; F. L. I-Iawkins, Judge. Suit by Will Nobles and wife against T. T. Long, in which Mary Nobles intervened. From an adverse judgment, plaintiffs and intervener appeal. By a deed dated October 31, 1911, Mrs. D. Smith conveyed 160 acres of land to plaintiff in error Will Nobles, the consideration being $400 then paid to her and said Nobles’ three promissory notes, one for $600, and the others for $500 each, payable to her one, two, and three years, respectively, after said October 31, 1911, and secured by a vendor’s lien retained on the land. Nobles was…

1Opinion of the CourtWillson, C. J.

(after stating the facts as above). The first assignment is as follows:

“The court erred in rendering judgment for the defendant Long foreclosing the notes mentioned in the judgment herein and holding that defendant was entitled to a foreclosure for vendor’s lien upon the land in controversy.”

[1, 2] It will be noted that the assignment challenges the correctness of the judgment only so far as it is in Long’s favor for a fore closure of the vendor’s lien retained to secure the payment of Will Nobles’ notes to Mrs. Smith. It is clear it is not erroneous in that respect; for if Long was entitled…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Davis v. WynneCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Barron G. Collier, Inc. v. ConnelleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
  2. C. D. Kenny Co. v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1925

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