Legal Opinion

Silliman v. Taylor

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 14, 1904PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Error to the District Court of Anderson. Tried below before Hon. John Young Gooch.

1Opinion of the Court

PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.

Plaintiffs in error, J. H. Silliman, the Silliman Hardware and Grocery Company, and Jack Freeman, brought this suit against the defendants in error Green Taylor and Lutitia Taylor, to correct a mutual mistake in the description of the property covered by an instrument of writing creating a mechanic’s lien executed by defendants in favor of plaintiff Jack Freeman. The petition alleges that the instrument creating the lien, by the mutual mistake of the parties thereto, described the property upon which the lien was given as lot No. 8 in block No. A3, subdivision A…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Christensen v. HollingsworthIdaho Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Hamar v. MedskerIndiana Supreme Court · 1878
  3. Sav. & Loan Soc'y v. MeeksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Gardner v. MooreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
  5. Stevens v. HolmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Alfalfa Lumber Co. v. MudgettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
  2. Murphy v. BensonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
  3. Harry v. HamiltonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  4. Long Bell Lumber Co. v. LowryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
  5. Lott v. DashiellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921

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