Legal Opinion
Jennings v. Wessely Energy Corp.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided September 9, 1986No. 9491PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLEIL, Justice.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment. We reverse and remand for trial.
J.B. Orr owned 207.7 acres of land in Upshur County and, upon his death, the land passed by intestate succession in equal shares to his ten children. In 1954, the eldest brother, B.B. Orr, decided to buy the interests of his brothers and sisters; two deeds were executed, one from the heirs of R.D. Orr, the only deceased sibling, and one from the remaining heirs, including Minnie Pearl Orr Rainey. The essence of this controversy is the validity of Minnie Pearl’s conveyance of her Vio interest to B.B. Orr.
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- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Norton v. Shelby CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Wessely Energy Corp. v. JenningsTexas Supreme Court · 1987
- Wessely Energy Corp. v. JenningsTexas Supreme Court · 1987