Hanes v. Hanes
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Fifth Supreme Judicial District. Action by Mabel Hanes against C. W. Hanes. A judgment for plaintiff was reversed by the Court of Civil Appeals (216 S. W. 272), and plaintiff brings’error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcOLENDON, P. J.
This was an action in trespass to try title brought by Mabel Hanes against C. W. Hanes to recover 50 acres of land which had previously been conveyed to plaintiff by defendant and his wife. Among other defenses, it was urged that the deed from defendant and wife to plaintiff was void because against public policy, in that its consideration was an agreement to suppress the prosecution of defendant’s son, Bryan Hanes. Plaintiff recovered the land in the district court upon a special issue verdict. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed this judgment and rendered judgment for defendant, upon the…
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