Morgan v. MacE
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Bowie County; Hugh Carney, Judge. Suit by Mrs. Ollie Morgan against John Mace and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error. By his deed dated June 13, 1991, A. L. Ghio conveyed “lots 6, 7 and 8, in Block No. 2 of the Ghio addition to the city of Texarkana” to one Joseph Goldoni. The lots were 50x140 feet in size. They fronted north on Seventh street in said addition.
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Error from District Court, Bowie County; Hugh Carney, Judge. Suit by Mrs. Ollie Morgan against John Mace and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error. By his deed dated June 13, 1991, A. L. Ghio conveyed “lots 6, 7 and 8, in Block No. 2 of the Ghio addition to the city of Texarkana” to one Joseph Goldoni. The lots were 50x140 feet in size. They fronted north on Seventh street in said addition. No. 8 was a corner lot. 1 It was west of and adjoining No. 7, which was west of and adjoining No. 6. Goldoni, by his deed dated August 20, 1919, conveyed lot 6 to P. D. Sanders, who…
1Opinion of the Court
The theory upon which defendants in error think the judgment was warranted seems to be that there was testimony authorizing findings that Goldoni intended to sell and Sanders to buy only that part of lot 6 inclosed as stated above, and that Sanders intended to sell and plaintiff in error to buy only that part. It is true that testimony tending to show Goldoni's intention to have been as claimed was before the court, but we think it was erroneously admitted, and that the court should not have considered it in determining the rights of the parties. In the deeds from Goldoni to Sanders and from…
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