Baylor v. Hopf
Texas Supreme Court
Appellees Charles Hopf and his wife Kate Hopf brought this suit in the District Court of El Paso County October 4, 1887, and on January 9,1889, filed their second amended petition, alleging in substance that they .were husband and wife, and that the appellants (defendants below) George W. Baylor and his wife Sallie Baylor were husband and wife; that Kate Hopf and Sallie G. Baylor were sisters, their maiden names being Sydnor; that about September 7, 1882, said Kate, then…
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Appellees Charles Hopf and his wife Kate Hopf brought this suit in the District Court of El Paso County October 4, 1887, and on January 9,1889, filed their second amended petition, alleging in substance that they .were husband and wife, and that the appellants (defendants below) George W. Baylor and his wife Sallie Baylor were husband and wife; that Kate Hopf and Sallie G. Baylor were sisters, their maiden names being Sydnor; that about September 7, 1882, said Kate, then unmarried, together with George W. and Sallie G. Baylor, purchased from Ward B. and Tsabel Blanchard a certain piece of…
1Opinion of the Court
COLLARD, Judge, Section A.
The court instructed the jury that the burden of proof was upon the plaintiffs, and as follows: “If you. believe by a preponderance of proof that in the purchase of the land in. controversy from Ward B. Blanchard and Tsabel Blanchard, in the year 1882, a tract of 320 acres of land owned by plaintiff Kate Hopf (then Kate Sydnor) was deeded to said Ward B. and Tsabel Blanchard as a part consideration for the payment of said land in controversy; that it was agreed or understood by and between Kate Sydnor and said George Baylor and wife that said Kate Sydnor was to have…
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