Cheek v. Bellows
Texas Supreme Court
• Appeal from Lavaca. Tried below before the Hon. Field ing Jones. The lease was as follows : The State of Texas, County of Lavaca.
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• Appeal from Lavaca. Tried below before the Hon. Field ing Jones. The lease was as follows : The State of Texas, County of Lavaca. Article of agreement made and entered into between N. S. Cheek of the first part, and Mary H. Bellows of the second part, both parties of county and State aforesaid, witnesseth, that the said Mary H. Bellows has this day rented to the said Cheek the hotel in the town of Hallettsville, known as the Hicks hotel, together with all the furniture and appliances of said hotel and the stables, gardens, lots, &c., appertaining to the same, for the term of one year from…
1Opinion of the CourtLipscomb, J.
This was an action brought by appellees *616against the appellant, for a forcible entry and detainer. There were a verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs in the Justice’s Court, and the case was taken by a certiorari to the District Court, where it was tried and a like verdict and judgment, from which an appeal was taken to this Court.
It appears from the bill of exceptions and statement of facts, that the appellees, husband and wife, were the joint owners of a house and appurtenances in the town of Hallettsville, known as the Hicks house, held by them, by deed . to them jointly ; that the…
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