Wilson v. Martin’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““At line 30, page 51 of the Transcript, defendants plead: “ ‘ * * * defendants would show that the note as described in plaintiff’s petition constituted deferred purchase money for that certain property known as Lots forty (40) and forty-one (41), in the N. T. Mas-terson Subdivision, Cameron County, Texas, as set forth in that certain deed dated December 30, 1931, from Martin Henry Kingman and wife, to defendants herein.’ “At line 24, page 73 of Transcript, defendants copy plaintiff’s Original Petition, in part as follows: “ ‘On December 30, 1931, the defendants executed and delivered to the plaintiff their promissory note bearing said date and thereby promised plaintiff to pay her the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars with interest at the rate of eight (8) per cent per annum, the interest payable an nually, from date, until maturity, and all past due principal and interest to bear ten (10) per cent interest until paid, the principal to become due on or before and payable in Houston, Texas, and providing that upon any failure to pay any installment of interest when due, shall, at the option of the holder, mature the entire indebtedness, and further providing that if this note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection, the makers agree to pay an additional ten per cent (10%) upon the principal and interest as attorneys fees, which note reads substantially as follows: (Then follows copy of note) ’ “At line 10, page 75: ‘Plaintiff being from such date to the prese”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Glasgow v. De Lapp