Bonin v. A. C. Horn Co.

The parties will be designated appellant and appellees. Appellees sued appellant upon his two notes, payable to them, and to foreclose a chattel mortgage lien on a Willys-Knight automobile securing the notes. Appellant pleaded that the consideration for the mortgage had failed upon the following grounds:(1) That appellees filed materialmen's liens against certain property in Woodleigh addition and Washington Terrace addition to the city of Houston, on which appellant had constructed buildings as a contractor; that appellees agreed to release these liens if appellant would execute the mortgage…