Legal Opinion

Fenn v. Boxwell

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 7, 1958No. 6761PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHAPMAN, Justice.

This suit was first instituted as a Bill of Discovery by Mrs. Myrtle B. Sowell Fenn and husband, R. J. Fenn against Howard E. Boxwell under Rule 737, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. Later the pleadings were amended and alleged trespass to try title, followed by pleas for cancellation and rescission of a deed from Mrs. Myrtle B. Sowell to Howard E. Boxwell while she was a single person, that certain contracts, together with said deed, should be cancelled and held for naught because of lack of mental capacity on the part of Mrs. Sowell at the time she executed them, and because…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Banks v. CollinsTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  2. Greene v. WhiteTexas Supreme Court · 1941
  3. Walker v. Texas Employers' Insurance AssociationTexas Supreme Court · 1956
  4. Grissom v. AndersonTexas Supreme Court · 1935
  5. Cloud v. ZellersTexas Supreme Court · 1958

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, L.L.P. v. Old TJC Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2005
  2. TCA Building Co. v. Northwestern Resources Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1996
  3. Joe T. Garcia's Enterprises, Inc. v. Snadon, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1988
  4. White v. BondCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
  5. City of Lubbock v. WalshCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958

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