Lockridge v. McCommon
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Fourth District, in an appeal' from Gonzales County. The suit was brought by Thomas Lockridge, who claimed the land in-controversy through his ancestor, Jno. T. Lockridge, by operation of the' conditional limitation of the estate of B. B. Lockridge contained in the deed set forth in the opinion, by which it was claimed his title vested on. his death in Jno. T. Lockridge.
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Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Fourth District, in an appeal' from Gonzales County. The suit was brought by Thomas Lockridge, who claimed the land in-controversy through his ancestor, Jno. T. Lockridge, by operation of the' conditional limitation of the estate of B. B. Lockridge contained in the deed set forth in the opinion, by which it was claimed his title vested on. his death in Jno. T. Lockridge. Defendants claimed under an administrator’s deed, by which the land was sold as part of the estate of E. B. Lockridge. Plaintiff had judgment in the trial court. On appeal it was reversed…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The facts necessary to an understanding of the points involved in this case are as follows: “Andrew Lock-ridge and his wife, Anna Lockridge, on the 8th of February, A. D. 1866, executed and delivered the following deed, to-wit:
“The State of Texas,
“Gonzales County.
“Know all men by these presents that we, Andrew Lockridge and Anna, his wife, both of the County of Gonzales, in the State of Texas, for and in consideration of the love and affection we bear to our two sons, Robert B. Lockridge and Jóhn T. Lockridge, of the aforesaid county and State, and the further sum of…
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