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and seal of office this the 20th day of December, A.D. 1939.
Harry L. Wear
Notary public in and for Travis County, Texas.
Recorded Mch. 7, 1940 at 3:15 P. M.
Filed for Record Mch. 6, 1940 at 8:20 A. M.
2. That the said owners), in consideration of the foregoing agreement and undertak-
ing on the part of the said contractor, hereby agree, bind themselves and promise to pay
to the said contractor for the fulfillment of said agreement and undertaking at Austin,
Glavis County, Texas, the said sum of $1,477.00, in accordance with two promissory notes
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executed by the owners of date February 23, 1940, to wit: Note on. One is for the sum of
*637.00, and is payable in insta llmentsas follows: one installment of $13.10 shall be
between N. S. Wheless, of Austin, Travis County, Texas, as contractor, and John C. Eli
and wife, Mary G.Eli, of Austin, Travis County, Texas, as owner(s), WITNESSETH:
1. That the said contractor, for the consideration hereinafter mentioned,
hereby agrees and binds himself well and truly to construct, erect, finish, complete and
deliver in a true and perfect workmanlike manner a certain one —story four—room frame resi-
dence according to plans and specifications agreed upon by and between the parties
hereto, signed by the parties hereto for identification, and made a part of this contract,
for the said owner(s), upon all that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being situa-
ted in Austin, Tra vi sCounty, Texas, and described as follows, to wit:
Lot No. 7 in Block No. 2 in the Pipkin Addition, a subdivision of four acres of
land, and being a part of five and 15/100 acre tract of land out of Outlets Nos. 15 and 16,
in Division "A" , of the Government Tract formerly adjoining, but now within the limits
of the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, as recorded in Book 459, page 628, of the
Deed Records ofTravis County, Texas, and for further description of said premises reference
is hereby made to the plat of said pippin Addition of record in Book 4, page 86, of the
Plat Records of Travis County, Texas, and being the same property conveyed by G. T. Pipkin
and wife, Mrs. Ethel L. Pipkin, of Travis County, Texas, to John C. Eli and wife,Mary G. Eli,
by deed dated February 23, 1940, and recorded in Book No. x, pages x, of the Deed
Records of Travis County, Texas, to which said maps or plats and said deed and the records
thereof reference is here made for further description;
and to furnish and provide first class work and materials for all parts thereof that may
be necessary for the full completion of the said improvements, according to the said
plans and specifications; that the said contractor hereby agrees that he will be respon-
sible for any damage which may occur to said improvements during their construction and
prior to their acceptance by owner(s) from fire, accident, or the elements, or from any
other cause, except any damage which may be caused by defects, if any, in, or inadequacy
of, said plans and specifications, and also except any damage, if any, which may be caused
because the soil in and upon which the Owner(s) direct said improvements to be constructed
is inadequate to support and sustain them without injury to them; and contractor agrees to
furnish and pay for first class work and material for all parts of said improvements,
and agrees to complete same according to said plans and specifications and deliver same to
owner (s) within 45 working days from the date of this contract, free from all claims of any
Person for material or labor used in constructing said improvements, forthe sum ofFourteen
hundred seventy-seven and 00/100 ($1,477.00) Dollars, to be paid by the said owner(s)
to the said contractor as hereinafter provided.
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Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office. Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 627 - Mechanics Liens, book, 1939-11/1940-08; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1596370/m1/67/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Travis County Clerk’s Office.