Guajardo v. Emery

MURRAY, Justice.

This suit was originally instituted by N. A. Rector, independent executor and trustee of the estate of Fred W. Werner, deceased, against appellants, J. G. Guajardo and wife, Ignaeia G. Guajardo, and appellee William Marks, seeking to recover the amount of principal, interest, and attorney’s fees alleged to be due on a certain note for the principal sum of $8,500, signed by Guajardo and wife. Marks, who was the original payee in the note, transferred same by indorsement to the Werner estate. The note was alleged to be secured by a mechanic’s or builder’s lien, provided for in a…