Templeman v. Gresham’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 17 state decisions

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1. ““The landlord’s lien extended to all the property and did not depend upon its seizure under the distress warrant. The lien was given by the statute, and the seizure by distress warrant only serves to secure the property that the lien on it may be made effective. Rosenberg v. Shaper, 51 Tex. 135 ; Bourcier v. Edmondson, 58 Tex. 675 . “The general rule is, that all persons who claim an interest in property on which a lien is sought to. be foreclosed should be made parties. Hall v. Hall, 11 Tex. 547 ; 2 Story’s Equity, 1526; Trittipo v. Edwards, 35 Ind. 467 ; Jones, on Chattel Mortgages, 783. “The district court had jurisdiction of the subject matter of the suit, and, so having, had power to adjust the rights of the several parties claiming an interest in the property on which the lien existed, although the interest claimed in the property sought to be subjected to the lien may not as to some of the parties have been such as of itself to give the court jurisdiction. Peiser v. Peticolas, 50 Tex. 638 [ 32 Am. Rep. 621 ]; Peticolas v. Carpenter, 53 Tex. 27 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wilson v. Wilson