Texas Supreme Court October 25, 1889, No. 2752 (Stitzle v. Evans)

Gaines, Associate Justice.

On the 17th day of April, 1886, appellants conveyed to one Houghton the tract of land in controversy, for which the latter paid fifty dollars in cash and executed his promissory note, payable on the 1st day of March, 1887, for the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars. The note was described in the deed and a lien was expressly reserved to secure its payment.