Fitzhugh v. Franco-Texas Land Co.

GAINES, Associate Justice.

This action was brought by appellee, a private corporation organized under the general laws of the State of Texas, to cancel conveyance of thirty-three sections of land made by one Duke, its former president, to W. G. Martin and J. H. Milliken, who, together with F. E. Milliken, S. H. Milliken, and L. H. Fitzhugh, were made parties defendant. The three last naméd defendants were sued as subsequent purchasers. After the institution of the suit J. B. Simpson became the purchaser of whatever interest Fitzhugh had in a portion of the lands, and was permitted to intervene…