Cooley v. Miller
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Eighth Supreme Judicial District. Action by the Guaranty Trust & Banking Company and others against Adelle Miller and others, in which Winchester Cooley intervened. From a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals (207 S. W. 642), which reformed and affirmed a judgment for plaintiff in favor of the intervener, he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
McCLÉNDON, P. J.
Mark and Adelle Miller, husband and wife, on February 12, 1904, executed a mechanic’s lien upon two lots in the city of El Paso, their community property and homestead, in favor of H. F. Brown, to secure four notes of $500 each, due in one, two, three, and four years, respectively. Brown transferred the notes and lien to Bur-ten-Lingo Company, and the latter in 1908 brought suit against Miller and wife, in cause No. 7388, for the balance then due and unpaid on the notes and to foreclose the mechanic’s lien. While Mrs. Miller was made a party to this suit, she was not served…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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