Redburn v. Shield

MURE AY, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Bexar County, following a jury trial, which granted the plaintiffs (appellants here) certain monetary damages, but denied them the relief they sought of rescission of a sale of certain corporate stock of Illinois Petroleum Company. The sale had been made in 1939 by Edith H. Redburn, now deceased, to Fred W. Shield. Max E. Redburn, Robert H. Redburn, Clare Dean Redburn, Betty Jo Gaddy, plaintiffs below, were the children and all of the children of James E. Redburn, who died in January, 1937, intestate, and Edith…