Box v. Word
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Anderson. Tried below before the Hon. F. A. Williams. , The defendants in this suit were numerous, and, by agreement of parties, Beagan and Word, two of the defendants, severed from the others on the trial, and all of the plaintiffs except Mrs. Woodard and Mrs. McClung abandoned the suit.
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Appeal from Anderson. Tried below before the Hon. F. A. Williams. , The defendants in this suit were numerous, and, by agreement of parties, Beagan and Word, two of the defendants, severed from the others on the trial, and all of the plaintiffs except Mrs. Woodard and Mrs. McClung abandoned the suit. It was also agreed that the answer and supplemental answer of one of these defendants should be taken as the answer of both, and that the first and second supplemental petitions should be taken as the pleadings of the plaintiffs and be copied into the transcript. The plaintiffs sued as the…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
The charge of the court in reference to the interest which the appellants would be entitled to, if entitled to recover at all, was erroneous, for under the will of James E. Box his wife took only a life estate in whatsoever interest in the land he may have owned.
This, however, would be a matter of no importance, if, under the facts, the appellants were not entitled to recover at all, which would be true, if Mary Box, through the will of her husband, or otherwise, had the yowerto make the°two conveyances to B. A. Beeves. Whether this was so depends on the true…
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