Ridgill v. E. L. Wilson Hardware Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Jefferson County; John M. Conley, Judge. Action by the E. L. Wilson Hardware Company and others against the Saratoga Spoke & Handle Manufacturing Company to foreclose a mortgage. C. E. Ridgill intervened, judgment was entered giving plaintiff priority as against intervener, and intervener brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcMEANS, J.
In the year 1907, C. E. Ridgill performed certain services for the Sara-toga Spoke & Handle Manufacturing Company, a corporation, for which the corporation became indebted to him in the sum of $411.75. On December 20, 1909, the corporation executed to him its promissory note for said amount, payable six months after date, bearing 8 per cent, per annum interest, and stipulating for the payment of 10 per cent, attorney’s fees in certain contingencies, and at the same time executed and delivered to him a mortgage or contract lien upon all the property owned by the corporation to secure the…
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