Burch v. Mounts
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Deaf Smith County; D. B. Hill, Judge. Action by R. N. Mounts against J. P. Burch and J. H. Bowers. Judgment for plaintiff against defendant Bowers for the principal due on a note, foreclosing a chattel mortgage on cattle against both defendants, with execution against defendant Burch for the sum recovered for conversion of the cattle, and defendant Burch appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHuff, C. J.
The appellee, Mounts, instituted this suit in the district court of Deaf Smith county, against J. P. Burch and J. H. Bowers. He declared on a note executed hy Bowers and secured by a mortgage lien. The note was for $576.50, and the lien sought to be foreclosed on 80 head of cattle; that the mortgage was executed June 21, 1915, and thereafter that Burch caused the cattle to be levied on by the sheriff under an execution and sale, and that Burch refuses to recognize the validity of Mount’s mortgage. He prayed for judgment against Bowers on the note, interest and attorney’s fees, and against…
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