First Texas Joint Stock Land Bank of Houston v. Chapman

As finally presented by the pleadings in this case, the appellant First State Joint Stock Land Bank of Houston sought judgment upon a promissory note executed by J. L. Chapman for the sum of $5,900, on October 19, 1922, and to foreclose a trust deed lien upon 101 acres of land, described in the pleadings, situated in Wise county, which had been executed on the same date by J. L. Chapman and his wife, Lottie Chapman. Chapman and wife defended on the ground that the land had been used and occupied by them as their homestead for many years, including all times mentioned in the pleadings, and…