Legal Opinion

Cobb v. Pratt

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 12, 1979No. B2179PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JUNELL, Justice.

This appeal presents the principal question of whether a judgment which partitioned certain property to Lynn Cobb Pratt “as his sole and separate property in fee simple” bars Clarence Cobb from thereafter denying that Lynn Cobb Pratt owned the property in fee simple and without any restraint on his right of alienation.

We hold the judgment partitioning the property in question to Lynn Cobb Pratt so bars Clarence Cobb and from the date of that judgment Lynn Cobb Pratt held title to the property in fee simple without any restraint on his right of alienation.

In 1963, C. C. Cobb…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Benson v. Wanda Petroleum CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1971
  2. Lane v. Fair Stores, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1951
  3. White v. WhiteTexas Supreme Court · 1944
  4. Bankston v. BankstonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1947
  5. In the Interest of V._ M._ B.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1977

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Ratcliff v. State Bar of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1984
  2. Scott Richter and Jeanne Richter v. Bruce J. Mery, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2010

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