Buchanan v. Burnett and Wife
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Comanche County. Burnett and wife sued Buchanan and recovered judgment. Defendant appealed, and upon affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
Burnett and wife instituted this suit in the District Court of. Comanche County against Buchanan to set aside a sale of land made to them by the latter, situated in the said county, upon the ground that Buchanan, in making the sale, fraudulently and falsely represented to the plaintiffs that he had a' good title and could make a good title to the land to them, which representations the plaintiffs relied upon. It is charged that the said representations were false and that Buchanan had no title to the land. That relying upon the representations Burnett and wife received a deed from Buchanan…
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