Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 193, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1919 — MADE DEFENDANT IN U. S. COURT [ARTICLE]

MADE DEFENDANT IN U. S. COURT

MRS. ALDA PARKISON SUED BY TEXAS LAND COMPANY FOR $12,000 AND INTEREST. Mrs. Alda F. Parkison, of this city, has been made defendant in a $12,000 suit whidh was lodged against her toy a Kansas City security company in the federal court at Hammond Friday, and is the result of a deal Which Mrs. Parkison made for some Texas land recently. The 'Hammond Times ! has the following to say anent the suit: Another Texas land case has been filed in the United States district court at Hammond for Judge Anderson to untangle. The suit just filed with Clerk Charles Surprise is brought by the Fidelity Loan Securities Co., of Kansas City, Mo., against Mrs. A. F. Parkison, of Rensselaer, Ind. The complaint states that on January 9, 1919, Mrs. Parkison entered into a contract with the 'Rio Grande Valley Land corporation to buy a tract of land in Hidalgo county, Texas. She was to pay $24,500 for the., land, paying $12,000 to the com* pany and assuming $12,000 incumbrance against the property. According to the agreement she was to pay $2,000 annually beginning January 1, 1921, and the interest was to be paid semi-annually beginning July 19, 1919. Failure to meet any part of it was to mature the whole sum. . It is alleged that Mrs. Parkison did not make her first interest payment last month, so the company is demanding the entire $12,000 with interest up to the time the matter is settled. W. F. Zumbrum, of KjvnaAH City is attorney for the plaintiff. .