Bracken v. Bounds
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Hill County. Bounds sued Vince and Albert Bracken in trespass to try title and recovered judgment for the land, which judgment was affirmed on appeal. Bracken then procured writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
Defendant in error sued Vince Bracken and Albert Bracken in trespass to try title to recover the land in controversy. Albert Bracken pleaded not guilty. Vince Bracken, in addition to his plea of not guilty, specially alleged the facts that will be stated to show the invalidity of plaintiff’s claim of title or as grounds for a decree setting it aside. The evidence showed that prior to August 24, 1895, Vince Bracken was the owner of the land, and that on that day he and his wife executed a deed of trust, to secure plaintiff in the payment of a note, in which H. B.…
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