Woollums v. Fowler

*533Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

In January, 1921, appellant bought of appellee 116 acres of land, at the agreed price of $12,842.50, one-balf of which he paid in cash. For the remainder, he assumed payment of a mortgage on the land to the Union Central Life Insurance Company for $5,000.00, of date January 1st, 1920, and executed his two notes to appellee, one for $1,000.00, and the other for $1,271.29, to secure which a lien was retained in the deed.

Appellant failed to pay the notes at maturity, and appellee brought suit thereon. Appellant was duly summoned, but did not answer,…