Stone v. Jackson
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Jasper County. Stone and others sued Jackson and others for recovery of land. Plaintiffs had judgment which, on appeal by defendants, was reversed, reformed, and rendered in part for appellants. (155 S. W., 960.) Appellees, plaintiffs below, then obtained writ of error.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Jasper County. Stone and others sued Jackson and others for recovery of land. Plaintiffs had judgment which, on appeal by defendants, was reversed, reformed, and rendered in part for appellants. (155 S. W., 960.) Appellees, plaintiffs below, then obtained writ of error. The Supreme Court declined to adopt a recommendation by the Commission of Appeals, to whom the case had been referred, that the judgment of the. appellate court be affirmed, and in the opinion following affirmed that of the District Court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenwood
While Cleyton Jackson and Maria Jackson were husband and wife they acquired 225 acres of land in Jasper County, in consideration in part of Cleyton Jackson’s note for $50, due on the 1st day of January, 1880. The note was secured by only an implied vendor’s lien on the land. Maria Jackson died in 1883. On December 22, 1888, Cleyton Jackson conveyed the 225 acres to T. M. Stone, in consideration in part of the payment by T, M. Stone of said purchase money note for $50, which was then barred by limitation, or in consideration in part of money furnished by T. M. Stone to pay the barred note.
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