Cooper v. Lynch

In February, 1921, J. F. Lynch, one of the appellees, filed this suit against O. C. Owens, W. R. Gaddie and wife, and W. H. Cooper and wife. The purpose of the suit was to recover the amount due on five promissory notes aggregating about $1,-200, besides interest and attorney’s fees, and to foreclose a vendor’s lien on a tract of land described in the petition.. It was alleged that the notes were executed by C. O. Owens as the purchase price of the land, and that a vendor’s lien was retained for the payment of the notes; that later the property was conveyed by Owens to Gaddie and wife, who as…