Scale v. Tompkins
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from. Collin. Tried below before the Hon. E. Maltbie.
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.—
This was a suit by Tompkins against appellant to recover an engine and other machinery alleged to have been purchased by the latter at a sale made for the purpose of foreclosing a mortgage lien held by him upon the property. The petition alleges that Tompkins sold the machinery to Scalf, taking in part payment promissory notes secured by a mortgage, with *478power of sale, upon the property sold. That Scalf, having defaulted in payment of the notes, the mortgage was foreclosed and Tompkins became the purchaser of the property at the sale. He prayed for a writ of…
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