Clark v. Collins
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Houston. Tried below before Hon. F. A; Williams. The findings of the court below involved in this appeal are as follows: “ 1. J. P. Edmiston and wife, owned a tract of land ascertained on survey to contain 87 acres, along the west side of which lay a strip belonging to plaintiff (Mrs. Collins). It was not definitely known when the negotiation hereinafter referred to took place how much this strip contained. It was found on a survey to contain 18 acres.
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Error from Houston. Tried below before Hon. F. A; Williams. The findings of the court below involved in this appeal are as follows: “ 1. J. P. Edmiston and wife, owned a tract of land ascertained on survey to contain 87 acres, along the west side of which lay a strip belonging to plaintiff (Mrs. Collins). It was not definitely known when the negotiation hereinafter referred to took place how much this strip contained. It was found on a survey to contain 18 acres. “ 2. In the fall of 1887 Edmiston and Clark were negotiating for the sale by the former to the latter of Edmiston’s tract, when…
1Opinion of the Court
STAYTOU, Chief Justice.
This action was brought by appellee against plaintiffs in error to recover from W. V. Clark $117, and to foreclose vendor’s lien on land sold by her to him.
Under the findings and evidence the facts are that Clark was bargaining to buy a tract of land from Edmiston, which was offered for $700, but Clark desired that a contiguous tract of land belonging to Mrs. Collins should be embraced in the purchase, and proposed to purchase the two tracts -at price named.
At the time negotiations were pending between Clark- and Edmiston, it was supposed that the strip of land owned by…
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