Legal Opinion

Sealey v. Mutual Land Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 22, 1916No. 8305PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Error from District Court, Tarrant County; R. H. Buck, Judge. Action by Joella Sealey and others against the Mutual Land Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error.

1Opinion of the CourtConner, C. J.

Joella Sealey and others, claiming as heirs of Samuel Sealey, deceased, instituted this suit to recover an undivided one-half interest in a tract of land situated in Tarrant county, described as a portion of the Daniel Dulaney survey patented by the state of Texas to E. M. Daggett as assignee. The plaintiffs suffered an adverse judgment in the court below and have prosecuted this writ of error.

The defendants claimed by virtue, of a regular chain of conveyances emanating from and under a deed from Jane C. Sealey, surviving wife of Samuel Sealey, to R. E. Maddox in 1883. The defendants also…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cordier v. CageTexas Supreme Court · 1876
  2. Geeen v. GrissomTexas Supreme Court · 1880
  3. Withrow v. Adams & WickesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1893
  4. Long v. WalkerTexas Supreme Court · 1877

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Tholl v. SpeerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921
  2. Corder v. FosterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
  3. Gravis v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1948
  4. Texas Pac. Coal & Oil Co. v. NortonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922

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