Brown v. Rentfro
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Richardson. James T. Brown, in his own right and as next friend and natural guardian of his minor children, James Brown and William H. S. Brown, brought this suit against appellees June 27, 1873, to vacate and set aside a decree theretofore rendered in a certain cause No. 3056, styled Lucretia R. Brown v. James T. Brown.
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Richardson. James T. Brown, in his own right and as next friend and natural guardian of his minor children, James Brown and William H. S. Brown, brought this suit against appellees June 27, 1873, to vacate and set aside a decree theretofore rendered in a certain cause No. 3056, styled Lucretia R. Brown v. James T. Brown. The case made is in effect this: James T. Brown and Lucretia B. Bentfro (then Brown) were husband and wife, and owned and occupied as their homestead lots 5, 6, 7 and 8, in block 173, city of Austin, which was their…
1Opinion of the Court
Watts, J. Com. App.
Upon what view of the case the court proceeded in rendering judgment for appellees, notwithstanding the verdict was in favor of appellant, is not shown by the record. If, as urged in the brief of counsel, it was upon the idea that after the appellees’ exceptions were sustained and the minor plaintiffs dismissed, that there remained no cause of action in behalf of appellant, that position is not maintainable.
While the petition and amendments seemed to have been framed especially with the view of securing some relief for the minor plaintiffs, still excluding from…
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