Branch v. Howard

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by Wharton Branch, the maker of a promissory note, against T. T. Howard, the payee thereof, and A. B. Beutell, substitute trustee, under a deed of trust executed by Branch to B. P. Cooper, as trustee, to secure the payment of said note, in order to enjoin a threatened sale of the land encumbered by the deed of trust, on the ground that the said note had been fully paid off, satisfied, and discharged; also, that it was barred by limitation. Appellant testified, that the note was executed by him, with the deed of trust on the land, in order to…