Carver v. Ledbetter
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hardeman County; • S. P. Huff, Judge. Trespass to try title by J. E. Ledbetter and others against O. B. Carver, in which defendant filed a cross-action of trespass to try title, making Minnie H. Jones and her husband, Willis A. Jones, defendants, who by their answer attacked the conveyance of tbe land to Carver; and from a judgment in favor of Mrs. Jones and her husband defendant Carver appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPresler, J.
J. E. Ledbetter instituted this suit in tbe form of trespass to try title to recover from O. B. Carver a certain tract of land situated in Hardeman county. Tbe defendant, Carver, answered by general demurrer, general denial, and plea of not guilty, and further filed a cross-action for trespass to try title, making Mrs. Minnie Hunrphrey Jones and her husband, Willis A. Jones, parties defendant. By her answer Mrs. Jones attacked tbe conveyance of tbe land to tbe defendant Carver'for fraud of her husband, alleging that the land was her separate property, and that no part of tbe consideration…
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