Graves v. Hickman
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. Geo. H. Hoonan. Suit by appellant against appellee to cancel a conveyance of land.
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Appeal from Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. Geo. H. Hoonan. Suit by appellant against appellee to cancel a conveyance of land. The petition stated in substance that plaintiff was the owner of five-eighths undivided interest in homestead property in the city of San Antonio, and that his father, B. L. Graves, owned the remaining three-eighths; that in October, 1874, E. Graves was a minor and about eighteen years old, and was at school in the state of Indiana; that B. L. Graves, the father, was about that time largely indebted to Hickman; that Hickman and B. L. Graves concerted and arranged…
1Opinion of the Court
Delany, J. Com. App.—
Our opinion is that there is error in the judgment of the court below.
We must suppose that the act of October 24, 1871 (Pasch. Dig., 7002-4), regulating the removal of the disabilities of minors, was-passed in the interest of persons oi that class. It certainly was not intended to aid strangers, or the relatives of the minor, to get possession of his property without the delay and inconvenience of probate proceedings. And we may suppose that in any proceeding before the district court under this act, it would be made to appear to the court that the promotion of the…
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