[DOWNLOAD] "Steve Pappas v. John G. Gounaris" by The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Steve Pappas v. John G. Gounaris
- Author : The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
- Release Date : January 19, 1958
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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This is a suit brought by respondent, John G. Gounaris, hereinafter referred to as Gounaris, against petitioners, Steve Pappas and wife, hereinafter referred to as Pappas, and Alex Bell, hereinafter referred to as Bell, upon a promissory note for $13,000.00 given by Steve Pappas alone to Bell, and by Bell endorsed over to Gounaris. Gounaris also sought to foreclose a deed of trust on realty given by Steve Pappas alone to secure the payment of the $13,000.00 note. Pappas answered with a plea that the property described in the deed of trust was their homestead; that a claimed interest in such realty alleged by Bell as a result of a partnership agreement between Bell and Steve Pappas was in violation of the Statute of Frauds and the Texas Trust Act, and other pleas not material to a decision of the cause by this Court. Upon a jurys answers to special issues, the trial court rendered judgment against Pappas for the alleged debt and against Pappas and his wife for foreclosure of the deed of trust lien on the property therein described. On appeal to the