Security State Bank v. Merritt
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Yoakum County ; Joe J. McGowan, Special Judge. Suit by J. F. Merritt and wife against M. Whitley, in which the Security State Bank intervened. Judgment for plaintiffs, and in-tervener brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBoyce, J.
J. F. Merritt and wife, Ella Merritt, brought this suit against M. Whitley, to cancel a deed, whereby they had conveyed 160 acres of land to the said Whitley, alleging that the execution of said deed was procured by fraud. The Security State Bank, plaintiff in error, filed a plea of intervention in said cause. Thereafter judgment was rendered for the plaintiffs against Whitley and. the intervener.
Plaintiff’s petition was filed on November 13, 1920. M. Whitley alone was made defendant. It as alleged that about July 1, 1919, the said M.. Whitley, by certain fraudulent representations, secured…
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