Starr v. Ferguson

S MEDLEY, Commissioner.

The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed a judgment of district court in favor of respondent Mrs. Nellie C. Ferguson against petitioners S. A. Starr and Mrs. Mae Starr, formerly husband and wife, establishing a debt and a deed of trust lien on several sections of land in Brewster County and foreclosing the lien.

Two questions are presented. The first is whether a letter, written by. S. A. Starr to Mrs. Ferguson before he and his wife were divorced, is a sufficient acknowl-edgement of the debt to toll the statute of limitations. Article 5S39, Revised Civil Statutes of 1925. We…