Morriss v. Hesse
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Fourth Supreme Judicial District. Action by Charles W. Green against Nellie Hesse and another, in which, by plea, A. G. Morriss was made a party. Judgment for Nellie Hesse against said Morriss was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals (210 S. W. 710), and Morriss brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtKittrell, J.
This action, in the form in which it is presented to us, is one severed as between the two parties from an action brought by one Charles W. Green against Wm. Hesse and Nellie Hesse, on a vendor’s lien note given by A. G. Morriss and W. A. Morriss as part of the purchase money of certain lands in Kerr county.
Wm. Hesse having died, Nellie Hesse and her children made A. G. Morriss a party to the action, and sought to recover damages from him, on the ground that the land, when sold to them, was in possession of a tenant of Morriss, who would not surrender possession of the premises, and who held…
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