Johnson v. Portwood
Texas Supreme Court
Questions certified by Court of Civil Appeals for Second District, in an appeal from Tarrant County. Suit upon six vendor’s lien notes. The defendant pleaded an adjustment made in a former suit upon the notes, by which a cash payment was made and a further payment and the reconveyance of one-third interest in the land within 30 days promised.
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Questions certified by Court of Civil Appeals for Second District, in an appeal from Tarrant County. Suit upon six vendor’s lien notes. The defendant pleaded an adjustment made in a former suit upon the notes, by which a cash payment was made and a further payment and the reconveyance of one-third interest in the land within 30 days promised. It was further alleged that the option had been extended to 60 days, and that within the extended time defendant had tendered the money and the reconveyance for the one-third of the land. Intervener alleged that he, acting for the defendant, had made a…
1Opinion of the Court
Suit brought April 2, 1892, in debt and for foreclosure of a vendor's lien, by D. Portwood, P.A. Huffman, and D.J. Nelson, against Henry V. Johnson. November 21, 1893, R.A. Long intervened, making common cause with the defendant, praying for specific relief. November 25, 1893, judgment for plaintiffs Portwood and Huffman against defendant Johnson for amount of their debt as sued for, less certain credits, and for foreclosure of their lien; for defendant Johnson against the plaintiff Nelson (on account of a settlement between them pending suit), and against the intervener Long. From this…
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