Legal Opinion

Haley v. Sabine Valley Timber & Lumber Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 19, 1912Published

Appeal from District Court, Shelby County; W. C. Buford, Judge. Action by A. L. Haley and others against the Sabine Valley Timber & Lumber Company and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. By a deed dated September 1, 1851, James J. Cravens, then the owner of 739 acres of the Stephen English survey of one league and one labor in Shelby county, conveyed same by metes and bounds to Abel Boles.

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Appeal from District Court, Shelby County; W. C. Buford, Judge. Action by A. L. Haley and others against the Sabine Valley Timber & Lumber Company and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. By a deed dated September 1, 1851, James J. Cravens, then the owner of 739 acres of the Stephen English survey of one league and one labor in Shelby county, conveyed same by metes and bounds to Abel Boles. By deeds' dated May 21, 1875, Abel Boles, joined by his wife, Amy Boles, conveyed 400 acres of the 739 acres to their daughter Sarah Haley, wife of Morris Haley, 150 acres thereof to…

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On Appellants’ Motion for Rehearing.

Wé adhere to the conclusion reached that appellee was not estopped by the recitals in the deed from Abel Boles to Mrs. Lout and in her deed to Huntington from asserting it was without notice of the fact that Abel Boles before he conveyed the 400 acres in controversy to Van Meter had conveyed same to Mrs. Haley. The deeds from Abel Boles to Mrs. Lout and from her to Huntington did not convey, and did not purport to convey, the land, or any part of it, in controversy here. They conveyed other land. The fact that such other land was included in a 739-acre…

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