Echols v. Jacobs Mercantile Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Cass. Tried below before Hon. P. A. Turner.
1Opinion of the Court
BOOKHOUT, Associate Justice.
This suit was instituted by the Jacobs Mercantile Company, a private corporation, organized under the laws of Texas, to recover one hundred acres of land situated in Cass County, with the improvements thereon, and for rent.
Defendant answered by plea of not guilty; also alleging that the property was acquired during the lifetime of his wife, Mollie Echols, and was their community homestead; that his wife died on July 24, 1902, leaving their two minor children, Virgie Echols and John Echols; that the plaintiff deraigned title through a deed of trust executed by…
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