Lott v. Bertrand
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Washington, Tried Below before the Hon. R. E. B. Baylor. Suit by the appellants, instituted on the 22d of November, 1855, against Robert A. Lott, Susan C. Lott, John R. Bertrand, Samuel Mills, Robert Mills, and B. G: Mills.
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Appeal from Washington, Tried Below before the Hon. R. E. B. Baylor. Suit by the appellants, instituted on the 22d of November, 1855, against Robert A. Lott, Susan C. Lott, John R. Bertrand, Samuel Mills, Robert Mills, and B. G: Mills. The plaintiffs were the children of Robert A. and Susan 0, Lott, and brought this action to restrain the defendant, Bertrand, from selling certain lots in the town of Washington, convey©! to him by R. A. and Susan C. Lott, in trust, to secure certain prom" issory notes executed by R. A. Lott to R. & B. G. Mills and others. The plaintiffs claimed an interest in…
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This case has been argued here, and was by the charge of the judge made to turn in the court below solely upon the effect that the statute of frauds and fraudulent conveyances was supposed to have had upon the marriage contract under which the plaintiffs claimed as remainder-men, by reason of the failure to *663record it in'Washington county. The plaintiffs insist that the contract was duly recorded in the then territory of Florida, shortly after its execution, and previous to the removal of the trust property to this State, and that it was not necessary that it should be again recorded here to…
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- Gamble v. DabneyTexas Supreme Court · 1857
- Parks v. WillardTexas Supreme Court · 1846
- Grumbles v. SneedTexas Supreme Court · 1858
- Edrington v. MayfieldTexas Supreme Court · 1849
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- Lieber v. Mercantile National Bank at DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960