Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 627 - Mechanics Liens Page: 69
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2. That the said owner (s), in consideration of the foregoing agreement and
undertaking 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, Travis County, Texas, the said sum of Fourteen hundred and 00/100*in accordance
with two promissory notes executed by owners, of date January 24th, 1940, to-wit:
Johnson acknowledged such instrument to be her act and deed, and declared that she had will-
ingly signed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and that she
did not wish to retract it.
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E. F. Liesman of Travis County, Texas, as contractor, and Hugh H. Magee and wife, Lena
Magee 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 four-room residence and garage
combined according to plans and specifications agreed upon by and between the parties hereto,
signed by theparties 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 situated in
Austin, Travis County, Texas, and described as follows, to wit:
Lot No. Four (4), in John R. Shelton’s Resubdivision of a portion of Lots Nos. One (1)
Three (3), six (6), Seven (7) and all of Lot No. Two (2) of the J. L. Costley
Subdivision out of the Isaac Decker League, in Travis County, Texas, according to the
map or plat of said subdivision of record in Volume 2, pagel72, of the Travis County Plat
Records, to which map or plat and the record thereof reference is hereby made for better
description, and being the same property conveyed to Hugh H. Magee and wife, Lena Magee by
John R.Shelton, by deed dated July 10th, 1939, and recorded in Book No. 634, Pages 273 to
of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas, to which said deed and the record thereof
reference is here made for description and for particulars..
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 injuuy to them; and contractor agrees
to furnish and pay for first class work and materials for all parts of said improvements,
snd agrees to complete same according to said plans and specifications and deliver same to
owner(s) within 30 working days from the date of this contract, free from all claims of
any person for material or labor used in constructing said improvements, for the sum of
Fourteen hundred and 00/100 ($1,400.00) 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/m1/75/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Travis County Clerk’s Office.