Legal Opinion

Morrison v. Neely

Texas Commission of Appeals

Decided June 8, 1921No. 229-2407PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Second Supreme Judicial District. Action by Byron B. Byrne against Earl Morrison and others, in which W. H. Neely and wife and another filed a cross-action against defendant Morrison and one Hastings. Judgment for plaintiff on the main action. Judgment for Neely and wife on the cross-action, affirmed by Court of Civil Appeals (214 S. W. 586), and Morrison and another bring error.

1Opinion of the CourtKittrell, J.

The action out of and from which the appeal in this case arose was based on a certain bond for title executed by plaintiffs in error to one Bryon B. Byrne to three certain sections of land in Culberson county by plaintiffs in error, on which bond one W. H. Neely and his wife and one Wood were sureties. Byrne recovered the judgment he sought, and secured relief he was satisfied with, in the form of a decree for specific performance, and none of the defendants has appealed from that judgment.

The case as presented'in the Court of Civil Appeals was an appeal by Morrison and Hastings from a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Clarendon Land Investment Agency Co. v. McClelland Bros.Texas Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Hess & Skinner Engineering Co. v. TurneyTexas Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Barkley v. GibbsTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
  4. Morrison v. NeelyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Bowles v. MitchellTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
  2. Furlow v. Kirby Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  3. White v. BellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
  4. La Beaume v. Smith, Albin PeayCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
  5. Carroll v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925

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