Mann v. Falcon
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Nueces. Tried below before William Gr. Hale, Esq., special judge agreed upon by the parties. This was an action of trespass to try title, brought by Esther S. Mann, executrix of the last will of William Mann, deceased, and others, against Blas M. Falcon, for the recovery of five and one-half leagues of land; petition filed August 7th, 1856. The petition is in the usual form of such actions, the plaintiffs alleging title in themselves to the tract of land; that…
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Appeal from Nueces. Tried below before William Gr. Hale, Esq., special judge agreed upon by the parties. This was an action of trespass to try title, brought by Esther S. Mann, executrix of the last will of William Mann, deceased, and others, against Blas M. Falcon, for the recovery of five and one-half leagues of land; petition filed August 7th, 1856. The petition is in the usual form of such actions, the plaintiffs alleging title in themselves to the tract of land; that the defendant had entered upon and ejected the plaintiffs therefrom, and committed divers trespasses thereon'; alleging…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
The exceptions taken to certain of the interrogatories put to the witnesses, that they were leading, do not appear to have been brought to the attention of the court. It does not appear that there was any ruling upon them, and there is therefore no decision of the court upon the exceptions for this court to revise.
The doctrine that parol evidence is admissible to prove that a deed, absolute upon its face, was made and intended as a security for a debt, and is therefore a mortgage, is too well settled to require the support of a reference to authorities. It is also settled by the repeated…
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