Grace v. Hanks
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Fannin. Tried below before the Hon. R. R. Gaines. The testimony of the witness Dan Hopper, referred to in the opinion, was as follows: “I lived near the land in controversy, and was well acquainted with James M. Bumpass and John E. Wool-folk; knew them ever since I ivas a little boy, and knew Woolfolk until the date of his death. Bumpass was broken up by the war, and at the date of the deed from him to Woolfolk was involved.
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Appeal from Fannin. Tried below before the Hon. R. R. Gaines. The testimony of the witness Dan Hopper, referred to in the opinion, was as follows: “I lived near the land in controversy, and was well acquainted with James M. Bumpass and John E. Wool-folk; knew them ever since I ivas a little boy, and knew Woolfolk until the date of his death. Bumpass was broken up by the war, and at the date of the deed from him to Woolfolk was involved. Woolfolk at the time of the making of that said deed was, like myself, pretty bad off financially, and had no property or means. After the conveyance from…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
The land in controversy having been granted to the mother of Mrs. Hanks, and it not appearing that either Mrs. Hanks or her mother had parted with title to the land, there can be no pretense that the judgment in favor of her for one-half of the land is not correct.
The other half of the land having vested in W. E. Baker, the brother of Mrs. Hanks, and son of the original grantee, it only becomes necessary to consider whether there was error in the judgment of the court, which gave the other hall of the land to the defendant Doss.
That title to the half of the land…
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