Legal Opinion

Closner & Sprague v. Acker

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 19, 1917No. 5904PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Bexar County; R. 'B. Minor, Judge. Suit by Max Acker against Closner & Sprague and others. John F. Mudge and wife filed a cross-actidn, in which the American National Insurance Company intervened. Judgments for plaintiff against Mudge and wife, and for the latter on their cross-complaint against Closner & Sprague and another. Closner & Sprague, John F. Mudge and wife, and another appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Max Acker filed this suit to recover the amount of five notes and to foreclose a vendor's lien on 40 acres of land designated sufficiently for our purpose as lot 10, block 238. The parties made defendant by plaintiff were Ray E. Jackson, the maker of the notes, John F. Mudge, who assumed the payment of the notes, which assumption was expressed in the deed to Mudge, John Closner and W. F. Sprague, indorsers, and the following, who had or claimed some interest in the land: Lucy E. Mudge, wife of John F. Mudge, George C. Wright, W. W. Ryan, and the Valley Reservoir Canal Company. Ray E. Jackson,…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Tynberg v. Isaac & CohenTexas Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Clegg v. VarnellTexas Supreme Court · 1857
  3. Love v. KeowneTexas Supreme Court · 1882
  4. Thompson v. KelleyTexas Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Mathonican v. Scott & BaldwinTexas Supreme Court · 1894

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Williamson v. TuckerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981
  2. Lovett v. PaschenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
  3. Snead v. SneadCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
  4. Spitzer v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
  5. Waxahachie Nat. Bank v. HanesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932

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