Wharton v. Mortgage Bond Co. of New York

CONNER, O. J.

The appellee mortgage company instituted this suit against appellant J. O. Wharton and wife, seeking to recover an indebtedness evidenced by a promissory note of $6,500, payable in installments of $375 annually, and to foreclose a deed of trust lien executed by appellant and wife to secure the payment of said note on lot 11, block 9, in Southland addition to the city of Wichita Falls.

Wharton was duly cited, but filed no answer. His wife, Mrs. Laura Wharton, however, intervened, joined pro forma by her husband, and alleged that lot 11, block 9, upon which the mortgage company…