Good v. Coombs
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Dallas. The case was tried before B. Warren Stone, Esq., a special judge chosen by the parties because of the interest of Hon. Nat. M. Burford, the presiding judge. William Coombs was the head of a large family, consisting of wife and children.
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Appeal from Dallas. The case was tried before B. Warren Stone, Esq., a special judge chosen by the parties because of the interest of Hon. Nat. M. Burford, the presiding judge. William Coombs was the head of a large family, consisting of wife and children. Induced by the offers of the empresarios of Peters’ colony, he emigrated from Missouri to Texas, and, in October, 1843, he settled as a colonist on the six hundred and forty acre tract of land surveyed by the company, and frilly described in the pleadings of the parties and the statement of facts. According to the theory of Texas law, this…
1Opinion of the CourtCoke, J.
—The intervenors and defendants are satisfied with the judgment of the District Court. The appellant, Good, alone seeks a reversal of that judgment.
We will consider such questions only arising on the record as are necessary to the adjudication of the case as to him.
*49hfo question is made of the fact, that the land in controversy is a part of the community estate of William Coombs and his former wife, Ivy. This is admitted by all the parties.
The first question arising for consideration is as to the validity of the deed from William Coombs to Isaac FT. Coombs, and its efficacy to transfer the…
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