Robertson v. Vernon

Appellees instituted this suit to cancel a mechanic’s lien, a deed of trust, and a trustee’s deed on their homestead. It appears that appellees, who are mían and wife, owned a home in Cleburne, and were occupying the same as such. They entered into a contract with appellant E. W. Robertson, under the ternls of which he was to wreck the building, and, in lieu thereof, build a much nicer and more commodious house. Ap-pellees signed a mechanic’s lien and, after the building was completed, signed two notes, one for $1,080 and the other for $2,607.38, and signed a deed of trust on their home to…