Hall v. York
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from He Witt. Tried below before the Hon. Fielding Jones. The petition contained a general charge of fraud by appellee’s intestate, in the sale of the land to Cox, with specific allegations, showing the failure of his title; but there was no allegation that the facts which occasioned his title to fail, were known to the obligor. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
This cause was before the court on a former appeal. The report of the case will be found in 16 Tex. Rep. 18. The suit was originally instituted by the appellant’s intestate against Jonathan York, the administrator of John York, to recover five thousand dollars, as the penalty of a bond for title to land. The original petition set forth the execution of a title bond by John York to James Cox, for half a league of land, and the subsequent assignment or transfer of the bond, by James Cox to James Hall, Cox having sold the half league of land to Hall. The petition represented that York could not…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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