Judson v. Sierra
Texas Supreme Court
. Appeal from Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. Thomas J. Devine. Suit brought for the recovery of a tract of land, against the appellant, Judson, as administrator of the estate of George Y. Stebbins, deceased, and Henry M. Lewis; and against John Torrey, as setting up some claim to the land; and praying to enjoin the administrator aforesaid, from selling a portion of said land, as he had advertised to do; and to set aside and have canceled, and decreed fraudulent and void,…
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. Appeal from Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. Thomas J. Devine. Suit brought for the recovery of a tract of land, against the appellant, Judson, as administrator of the estate of George Y. Stebbins, deceased, and Henry M. Lewis; and against John Torrey, as setting up some claim to the land; and praying to enjoin the administrator aforesaid, from selling a portion of said land, as he had advertised to do; and to set aside and have canceled, and decreed fraudulent and void, a sale from Raphael C. Garza to the said Stebbins, deceased; and to declare alike fraudulent and void, a conveyance…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
The petition was filed in the court below, by the appellee, Maria Antonia Garza y Sierra, as the guardian of two minors, Juan Garza and Adolpho Garza. The complaint of the petition was against Judson, as administrator of the estate of one George Y. Stebbins, and against John Torrey and Henry M. Lewis. The petition alleged that the minors were the owners, by inheritance, of the land in controversy ; that their father, Raphael O. Garza, acting as the natural guardian of his children, in his lifetime, procured from the County Court of Bexar county, an order for the sale of the land, and died…
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