Batson v. Bentley

This suit was instituted in the district court of Wheeler county, Tex., by the appellant, J. A. Batson, against the appellees, W. E. Bentley, his wife, Bertie Bentley, and M. Reynolds.

The appellant alleges that in 1925 W. E. Bentley was the owner of certain lands known and described as sections Nos. 42 and 64 in block 24, H. & G. N. Ry. Co. survey in Wheeler county, Tex.; that W. E. Bentley was indebted to the Oklahoma Farm & Mortgage Compány and to the Fidelity Bank & Trust Company, in the aggregate sum of $28,000, which was past due and secured by a valid lien against said land; that suits…