Reeves v. Goodner
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Hopkins. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Andrews. November 1, 1869, Petty & Goodner sued J. Judson Reeves, his two sisters, and their husbands.
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Appeal from Hopkins. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Andrews. November 1, 1869, Petty & Goodner sued J. Judson Reeves, his two sisters, and their husbands. The pleadings and evidence show, that on April 17, 1860, J. J. Reeves, joined by his wife, E. M. Reeves, executed to F. M. Rogers, the wife being privily examined, a deed of trust to secure Petty & Goodner harmless on two notes due A. H. Shepherd, one for $300 and the other for $1,500, each due 1st March, 1861, bearing even date with the deed of trust, on which notes they became bound with said J. J. Reeves. The deed of trust described…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, Justice.
J.J. Reeves and wife executed a deed of trust to F. M. Rogers to secure the appellants harmless on two promissory notes due A. H. Shepard for the aggregate sum of $1,800, which notes were indorsed by the appellants.
The deed of trust was given for a lot and improvements in the town of Sulphur Springs. Beeves lived upon the property, and carried on the business of druggist. He died insolvent in 1863, and his wife died in 1867. The appellees are the children of J. J. Beeves and wife. J. J. Beeves is about thirty years old, and does not reside upon the property. Mary married…
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