Case Name: SNEED v. JOYCE LAND & CATTLE CO.
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1923-06-20
Citations: 254 S.W. 479
Docket Number: No. 2158
Parties: SNEED v. JOYCE LAND & CATTLE CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 254
Pages: 479–479

Head Matter:
SNEED v. JOYCE LAND & CATTLE CO.
(No. 2158.)
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Amarillo.
June 20, 1923.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 3, 1923.)
1. Corporations ¡&wkey;514(l) — Allegation that plaintiff duly incorporated held sufficient.
Under Rev. St. art. 1822, in absence of denial by affidavit, allegation in petition that plaintiff -was corporation duly incorporated, with principal office and place of business in W. county, Tex., was sufficient, without alleging whether it was incorporated under laws of Texas, or had permit to do business therein.
2. Mortgages ,<&wkey;427(2) — Trustee not necessary party to foreclosure suit.
Trustee under deed of trust does not take legal title and is not necessary party to suit to foreclose it.
•' Appeal from District Court, Wichita County; P. A. Martin, Judge. , .
"Action by the Joyce Land & Cattle Company against J. B. Sneed. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Joseph H. Aynesworth, of Wichita Falls, for appellant-.-
Bullington, Boone, Humphrey & Hoffman, of Wichita Falls, for appellee.

Opinion:
KliETT, J.
The Joyce Land & Cattle Company, alleging itself to be "a corporation, duly incorporated, with its principal office and place of business in Wichita county, Texas," obtained judgment by default for $7,188.99, with decree foreclosing deed of trust executed by appellant on real, estate to secure the note sued upon.
Appellant attacks the petition containing the foregoing allegation for failure to show that the plaintiff company was incorporated under the laws of Texas or had a permit to do business in Texas. This point was not presented to or passed upon by the trial court. We think'the allegation, in the absence of a denial by affidavit, meets the requirement of article 1822 of the Texas statute, which declares that "it shall be sufficient to allege that such corporation was duly incorporated." Houston Waterworks v. Kennedy, 70 Tex. 233, 8 S. W. 36; Way v. Sumner Bank (Tex. Civ. App.) 30 S. W. 497, 14a C. J. 821, § 2934.
We are also of the opinion that it was not necessary to make the trustee in the deed of trust a party to the suit. In this state the trustee in such a mortgage does not take the legal title and is not a necessary party to a suit to foreclose it. Hammond v. Tarver, 89 Tex. 290, 32 S. W. 511, 34 S. W. 729; Perryman v. Smith (Tex. Civ. App.) 32 S. W. 349; Cobb v. Bryan (Tex. Civ. App.) 97 S. W. 515.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
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