Legal Opinion
Padgett v. Guilmartin
Texas Supreme Court
Decided January 27, 1915No. 2330PublishedCited by 15 opinions
Padgett sued Guilmartin for the recovery of land and had judgment therefor. Defendant appealed. The judgment was reversed and rendered in his favor for an undivided two-sevenths of the land sued for. Padgett thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Browh
We copy from the opinion of the Court of Civil' Appeals the following statement of facts upon which the court entered its final judgment:
“The evidence in the record justifies the following fact conclusions: The land in controversy is a part of a tract of land titled to Wm. Clark by the Mexican government in June, 1835. On October 12, 1838, Wm. Clark conveyed a part of his headright survey, which included the land in controversy, to his son, Elijah Clark. Appellee claims title through deeds executed to him by certain of the heirs of Elijah Clark. About the year 1853, Elijah Clark contracted to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- May v. SladeTexas Supreme Court · 1859
- Presley v. HolmesTexas Supreme Court · 1870
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