Ellis v. Haynes
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Kaufman County ; Joel R. Bond, Judge. Suit by A. T. Ellis against John Haynes. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtRainey, C. J.
Plaintiff in error brought this suit to recover of defendant in error a certain tract of land conveyed to him in 1903, some 14 years before suit, By plaintiff and wife by an absolute conveyance. Plaintiff in error claims to be the owner under said conveyance.
Defendant in error by answer claimed said land, and that said conveyance was made by him and wife to secure plaintiff in error in the payment of an indebtedness and was given solely as a mortgage to secure said indebtedness, and therefor the plaintiff in error had no right to recover said land.
The case was submitted to the jury on the…
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