Legal Opinion

Jackson v. Walls

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 10, 1916No. 991Published

Appeal from District Court, Dallas County ; E. B. M!use, Judge. Action by James D. Jackson against J. S. Walls. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtHendricks, J.

Mrs. Augusta Hamm, wife of Frank Hamm, owned a farm in Dallas county, and by written lease executed by her husband, Frank Hamm, rented the same to J. S. Walls, for the year 1912, to be cultivated on shares by said tenant. Walls also occupied the place for the year 1913, without any further written lease, but evidently upon the same terms and stipulations in the previous written lease executed by Frank 1-Iamm, as agent for his wife. In December, 1913, Mrs. Hamm conveyed the property to the appellant, Jackson, her husband negotiating the sale and representing to Jackson that the farm was not…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Dority v. DorityTexas Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Chandler v. JostSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
  3. Knight v. EnglandCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915

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