Scott v. Sloan

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

The defendant in error, Elizabeth S. Sloan, joined by her husband, W. L. Sloan, brought this suit in the District Court of Harrison County, on December 22, 1891, against Nancy Sherwood, independent executrix of the will of L. L. Sherwood, deceased, to recover on three promissory notes, and to foreclose a lien on land in Irion County. The First National Bank of Marshall, Texas, and the plaintiff in error, William T. Scott, were joined as defendants, the bank as a subsequent purchaser of the land from the executrix, and Scott as a junior mortgagee of L. L. Sherwood, both…