Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Ratliff
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided September 18, 1944No. 5638PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STOKES, Justice.
This action was instituted by the appellant in trespass to try title to a labor of land located in Hockley County and being a portion of four leagues granted to Rains County as county school land and patented on May 26, 1885.
On January 28, 1930, Rains County, acting through its commissioners’ court, sold and conveyed the tract involved, being Labor 19 in League 44, to R. M. McCallon, the consideration being $3474, evidenced by a note for the full amount, due and payable forty years from date, bearing interest at the rate of five per cent per an-num, the interest payable in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Ehlinger v. ClarkTexas Supreme Court · 1928
- Delta County v. BlackburnTexas Supreme Court · 1906
- Looscan v. County of HarrisTexas Supreme Court · 1883
- Landis v. W. H. Fuqua, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1942
- Thomason v. Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co. of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Yarber v. IglehartCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
- Matthews v. Rains CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1947
- Pachter v. WoodmanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Rains County v. HensonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
- Opinion No., Texas Attorney General Reports2002
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