Rogers v. Frost's Adm'r
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Anderson. The deed from Cravens to Hanks was as follows, to wit: Know all men, &c., that I, John E. Cravens, attorney in fact for George Dwight, of the county of Houston, have this day, for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars to me in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the same having been paid to my principal, bargained, &c. &c. &c., to have and to hold said land free from the claim of myself, my heirs, and assigns forever,…
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Appeal from Anderson. The deed from Cravens to Hanks was as follows, to wit: Know all men, &c., that I, John E. Cravens, attorney in fact for George Dwight, of the county of Houston, have this day, for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars to me in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the same having been paid to my principal, bargained, &c. &c. &c., to have and to hold said land free from the claim of myself, my heirs, and assigns forever, to him the said George W. Hanks, his heirs and assigns for ever. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and…
1Opinion of the CourtLipscomb, J.
This suit was brought by the administrator of Erost, to set aside certain deed by Frost and wife to Dwight and Slaughter. Rogers, the administrator of Hanks, on his application to the Court, was permitted to intervene, and he set up the right of his intestate to a portion of the land purchased by his intestate from Dwight, without notice that the sale of the land to Dwight and Slaughter had been rescinded, and he showed title under a conveyance made by Cravens, purporting to act as attorney for Dwight, but executing it in his own name. The claim of intervention was demurred to by the…
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