American Mortgage Corp. v. Samuell

We quote from the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals rendered in this case the following statement:

“The American Mortgage Corporation sued Mr. and Mrs. Howard Samuell, residents of Coleman County, Texas, on a promissory note, and to foreclose the lien of a chattel mortgage on a Packard automobile and a platinum diamond ring. Plaintiff caused the property to be seized under a writ of sequestration, issued to Coleman County, and same was replevied by defendants, with D. L. Snodgrass, W. D. Allen, and J. V. Thames as sureties.

“The case was tried without a jury, resulting in a personal…