Riddle v. McKinney

Citations

• 67 Tex. 29
• 2 S.W. 748
• 1886 Tex. LEXIS 609

Syllabus

<p>Pleading — Counter Claim—Revised Statutes, Article 649.—In a» action on a promissory note for the purchase of land, and to foreclose the vendor’s lien, the maker can not plead in reconvention unliquidated damages, resulting to him from the action of the plaintiff in selling another tract of land for defendant, in violation of a trust, for less than its-value. See Revised Statutes, Article 649. (Duncan v. Magette, 25 Texas, 251; Carothers v. Thorp, 21 Texas, 358; Cato v. Phillips, 28 Texas, 101.</p>