Slaven v. Wheeler
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Grayson. Tried below before the Hon. Joseph Bledsoe. Appellant brought this suit against appellees February 15, 1881, to recover the land described in the petition, claiming the same as her homestead, which had been sold and conveyed by her husband without her knowledge or óonsent, and making her husband a party defendant.
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Appeal from Grayson. Tried below before the Hon. Joseph Bledsoe. Appellant brought this suit against appellees February 15, 1881, to recover the land described in the petition, claiming the same as her homestead, which had been sold and conveyed by her husband without her knowledge or óonsent, and making her husband a party defendant. Wheeler answered by general and special exceptions, plea of not guilty, statute of limitations and stale demand, and also suggested improvements made in good faith. December 23, 1881, the cause was tried by the court without a jury, and a judgment was rendered…
1Opinion of the Court
Watts, J. Com. App.
In our opinion this appeal should be disposed of upon the issue of the disqualification of the judge who presided in the court below, without any reference to the merits of the case.
The plaintiff testified that she had, some ten years before the trial, consulted Judge Bledsoe,, who was then a practicing attorney and a member of the firm of Hare & Bledsoe, upon the questions involved in this case, and that he had then advised her with reference to the matter, but that she did not make any agreement with them as to the fee.
Charles Slaven, the son of the plaintiff, testified…
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