Legal Opinion

Perry v. Smith

Texas Commission of Appeals

Decided June 1, 1921No. 165-3164PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Eighth Supreme Judicial District Action by L. H. Perry against Sidney Smith and others. Erom a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals (198 S. W. 1013) affirming a judgment of the trial court, the plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

McCLENDON, P. j.

On November 12, 1912, S. N. Keith and wife conveyed, for the recited cash consideration of $10, unto Sidney Smith, three acres of land in Erath county, subject to certain conditions, among which were that two acres of the land were to be used by the grantee for gin and mill purposes only, upon which the grantee was to erect a gin and mill building of certain capacity and within a certain time, and providing that, if for any cause the gin and mill be not erected or cease operation on said premises, the land thereby conveyed should revert to the grantors. Smith went into…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Grigsby v. ReibTexas Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Johnson v. NewmanTexas Supreme Court · 1875
  3. Hale v. HollonTexas Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Stoever v. Lessee of WhitmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1814
  5. Stewart v. H. & T. C. R'y Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1884

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Caruthers v. LeonardTexas Commission of Appeals · 1923
  2. Texas & N. O. Ry. Co. v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
  3. Watts v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1946
  4. Texas Rural Communities v. AvaryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
  5. James v. Dalhart Consol. Independent School Dist.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1952

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