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JANES v. COMMERCE FEDERAL SAV. & LOAN ASS'N

No. 9022.

639 S.W.2d 490 (1982)

Margaret Ellen JANES, et al., Appellants, v. COMMERCE FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied September 7, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. V. Flanary, Flanary, Flanary & Ashmore, Paris, for appellants.

James O. Faires, Faires & Garrett, Commerce, for appellee.

BLEIL, Justice.

Margaret Janes and others appeal from an adverse judgment. It declares that their statutory lien, securing payment of a debt owed by Henry Sparks before his death, is inferior to a lien arising from a deed of trust given by one of his heirs, covering real estate inherited from Sparks. We determine that the lien securing the debts of the decedent has priority over the deed of trust lien given after Sparks' death. Therefore, we reverse and render judgment...

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