Haskins v. Wallet
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Karnes. Tried below before the Hon. H. Clay Pleasants. This suit was brought by appellee against appellants A. L. Haskins, the surviving wife, and Lulu Haskins, the infant daughter, of R. F. Haskins, deceased. The purpose of the suit was to recover a tract of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six acres of land out of the Francis J. Haskins league and, labor survey in Karnes county.
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Appeal from Karnes. Tried below before the Hon. H. Clay Pleasants. This suit was brought by appellee against appellants A. L. Haskins, the surviving wife, and Lulu Haskins, the infant daughter, of R. F. Haskins, deceased. The purpose of the suit was to recover a tract of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six acres of land out of the Francis J. Haskins league and, labor survey in Karnes county. The petition first set out that the plaintiff is the owner and in possession, and that in 1881 the defendants ousted him and took possession, with the allegations usually made in actions of trespass…
1Opinion of the Court
Delany, J. Com. App.
The first and second assignments of error complain of the action of the court in overruling the general *218demurrer and the first and second special exceptions of the defendants. Our opinion is that the court did not err.
The purpose of the suit was to set aside the sheriff’s sale under which the defendants claimed a large tract of land. The price paid for the land did not probablv'exceed one-twentieth part of its value. Very slight circumstances in connection with this very great inadequacy would be sufficient to set aside the sale. And if the plaintiff had proved, on the…
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