Ferguson v. Beaumont Land & Building Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Bell County; John D. Robinson, Judge. Action by the Beaumont Land & Building Company against James E. Ferguson and others, with cross-bill by defendant Ferguson. Fprom the judgment he brings error, and defendants move to dismiss the writ.
1Opinion of the CourtKex, C. J.
The Beaumont Land & Building Company, a private corporation, brought suit in the district court against Jas. E. Ferguson and T. J. Wood, H. M. Hargrove, and J. Austin Strange, composing the firm of Wood, Hargrove & Strange, seeking to recover upon a promissory note for $2,000 executed by Jas. E. Ferguson, and payable to the order of Wood, Hargrove & Strange, and to foreclose a lien upon 10 shares of the capital stock of the Empire Life Insurance Company. The plaintiff alleged that the note had been assigned to it, and was secured by 10 shares of the capital stock of the Empire Life Insurance…
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