Skiles v. Shropshire

Mr. Presiding Judge HARVEY

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

This suit was brought by F. W. Skiles against Walter Shropshire and his wife, Callie Shropshire, on two promissory notes; and for foreclosure of the deed of trust liens to secure payment of the notes. Skiles made the Continental National Bank a party defendant and sought alternative relief against the bank. The nature of this alternative relief is not presently material. The Shropshires defended against foreclosure of said liens, on the ground that the property covered thereby was their homestead when the…