Ford v. Hackel

Mr. Presiding Judge HARVEY

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

This is a suit to remove cloud from title, brought by Mrs. Willie Ford and Mrs. Annie Campbell against Mrs. Lillian Hackel, and her husband, John Hackel, with respect to an instrument appearing on the deed records of Pecos County. The instrument purports to be the deed of J. R. Rutherford and his wife, Mattie A. Rutherford, to Mrs. Hackel. The grounds alleged are (1) lack of delivery of the instrument, and (2) lack of acceptance by Mrs. Hackel. The case was tried to a jury, resulting in a judgment for Mrs.…