Edmondson v. Carroll

O. P. Storm executed to Mrs. L. S. Ross his two promissory notes, one for the principal sum of $9,000 and one for the principal sum of $1,000, and to secure the payment of those notes he also executed a mortgage lien upon four lots in the city of Waxahachie, on which was situated a two-story brick building in which there was an elevator which was installed for use by the occupants of the building. Daniel S. Harston, C. M. Butcher, R. C. Sweeney, and S. C. Cunningham later acquired title to the property, and in consideration therefor assumed the payment of those notes. Thereafter they sold the…