Barkley v. Dumke
Texas Supreme Court
Mrs. Dumke and her husband sued Barkley for the recovery of land. Defendant had judgment. Plaintiffs appealed and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This suit was brought by defendant in error, Mrs. M. A. Dumke, joined by her husband, to recover of the plaintiff in error a certain parcel of land situate in the city of Ft. Worth. She recovered a judgment which was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals.
There is practically no dispute as to the facts of the case. We wiU state such of them as we deem material to a determination of the controversy.
In January, 1896, Mrs. Dumke, then Miss Hardesty/ and only fifteen years of age, was, with the consent of her father, regularly married to one J. W. Wood, who had been…
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