Delta County v. Blackburn
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. Delta County sued Blackburn and others and appealed from a judgment for defendants. The judgment was affirmed and appellant obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
The facts of this case as shown by the evidence and found by the district judge and the Court of Civil Appeals are as follows: On May 11, 1887, W. A. Blackburn purchased from Delta County its four leagues of school land, giving for the purchase money his note for $25,000 bearing interest at the rate of seven percent payable annually in advance, the principal to mature at the end of twenty years with the right on Blackburn’s part to pay it at any time after the expiration of twelve years from its date. The note and the deed executed by the county expressed this…
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