Blanton v. Mayes
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Liberty. Tried below before Hon. J. F. Lanier, special district judge. This is the third appeal. See 58 Texas, 422, and 67 Texas, 245.
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Chief Justice.
On a former appeal it was held that the one executor who qualified had the power to sell the land in controversy *419to appellee if debts against the estate represented by him existed. Mayes v. Blanton, 67 Texas, 246.
On the trial from which this appeal is prosecuted the court instructed the jury in effect that the title acquired by appellee through his purchase was valid if at the time he purchased there were debts against the estate represented by the executor which made it necessary for him to make the sale; and it further placed the burden not only of showing these…
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