Thompson v. Johnson
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Collin County. Trespass to try title by Susan F. Thompson, joined by her husband, against Johnson et al. Plaintiffs recovered, and on appeal by defendants the judgment was reversed and rendered in their favor, whereupon plaintiffs procured writ of error.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Collin County. Trespass to try title by Susan F. Thompson, joined by her husband, against Johnson et al. Plaintiffs recovered, and on appeal by defendants the judgment was reversed and rendered in their favor, whereupon plaintiffs procured writ of error. The following is the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals upon the question of the sufficiency of the certificate of acknowledgment to the deed in question in this case: Bookhout, Associate Justice. — The trial court found that the deed from Allen Thompson and…
1Opinion of the Court
The trial court found that the deed from Allen Thompson and Susan F. Thompson to the defendant Johnson did not convey the title to the land, the same being the separate property of the plaintiff Susan F. Thompson, because the acknowledgment to the deed was insufficient. The acknowledgment is as follows:
"The State of Texas, County of Kaufman. — This day before me, Thos. C. Griffin, notary public of Kaufman County, came Allen Thompson and Susan F. Thompson, to me well known, and acknowledged that they signed the foregoing deed for the purposes and considerations therein set forth; and the said…
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