Legal Opinion

Lindly v. Lindly

Texas Supreme Court

Decided December 2, 1908No. 1872PublishedCited by 40 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Hunt County. J. M. Lindly obtained writ of error on the affirmance, on his appeal, of an adverse judgment in a suit brought by him against Harlin Lindly and others.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams

This suit was brought by plaintiff in error for partition of several tracts- of land of which he alleged he was the owner of one-half and the defendants of the other half. The defendants were his mother, Mrs. Sallie Lindly, and other children and descendants of herself and Jahu Lindly, her deceased husband. An answer was filed in the name of Mrs. Sallie Lindly on February 4, 1907, alleging that she had conveyed all her interest in the land to plaintiff, reserving only the rent for. the ■ year 1906; that she did not claim any part of her deceased husband’s interest therein; that her husband…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Smith v. CarllNew York Court of Chancery · 1821

3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Davis v. DavisTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Magallon Ex Rel. Resendiz v. LivingstonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
  3. Dunn v. VinyardTexas Commission of Appeals · 1923
  4. Cauble v. Beaver-Electra Refining Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1925
  5. Abbott v. G.G.ECourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015

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