Smith v. Chenault
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Jefferson. Tried below before the Hon. W. Chambers. In 1866, A. T. Chenault conveyed a tract of 160 acres of land, on which was an old mill, to E. M. Smith and Hugh F. Young. After the purchase, Smith and Young became partners in the lumber business, and erected on said tract the necessary mills and machinery for said business. In 1868 or 1869, E. M. Smith moved upon the land, and occupied it thereafter as a homestead.
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Appeal from Jefferson. Tried below before the Hon. W. Chambers. In 1866, A. T. Chenault conveyed a tract of 160 acres of land, on which was an old mill, to E. M. Smith and Hugh F. Young. After the purchase, Smith and Young became partners in the lumber business, and erected on said tract the necessary mills and machinery for said business. In 1868 or 1869, E. M. Smith moved upon the land, and occupied it thereafter as a homestead. May 2, 1870, a judgment was rendered in the District Court of Orange county, a copy of which is as follows : “ A. T. Chenault & Co. v. Smith & Young. No. 239. May…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by A. T. Chenault, appellee’s intestate, against Elial M. Smith and his wife, Harriet E. Smith, the appellants Hugh F. Young, J. 0. Smith, S. R. Smith, and William H. Black, for the recovery of an undivided half of a tract of 160 acres of land, known as the Empire Mill tract, with the improvements thereon, consisting of houses, mill-houses, a steam saw-mill, two boilers, one engine, one shingle-machine mill and fixtures, levied upon and sold as the property of the defendant Young, under execution on a judgment against the firm of Smith & Young;…
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