Stillman v. Canales
Texas Supreme Court
Appeals from Cameron. Tried below before the Hon. E. J. Davis. These suits were brought by the appellees, to recover from the appellants, the balance which they respectively claimed was due them by the appellants, for the purchase money of certain parcels or labors of land, forming a part of the “exidos” of the city of Matamoros, and now within the city of Brownsville.
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Appeals from Cameron. Tried below before the Hon. E. J. Davis. These suits were brought by the appellees, to recover from the appellants, the balance which they respectively claimed was due them by the appellants, for the purchase money of certain parcels or labors of land, forming a part of the “exidos” of the city of Matamoros, and now within the city of Brownsville. By consent a jury was waived, and each of the causes was tried by the judge, who gave judgments in favor of the plaintiffs. The other facts, (which are the same in both cases, except in respect to the number of labors…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
The appellee, Manuel Travino Canales, sold to the appellants six labors of land, forming a part of the “ exidos ” of the city of Matamoros. 'A part of the purchase money was paid in cash at the time of the sale, and it was stipulated that the balance should be paid in three installments.
In one part of the indenture by which the sale and the agreement of the parties is evidenced, it is said, that Manuel Travino Canales covenants, &c., “that he is now well and lawfully seized of all and each of the said granted tracts or labors of land by regular chain or transfers of title from the honorable…
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