Harris v. Hamilton
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of First Supreme Judicial District. Suit by Mrs. Ida W. Harris and others against A. D. Hamilton and others, in which A. D. Hamilton and others were interpleaded by original defendants. From a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals (185 S. W. 409) affirming an adverse judgment, the plaintiff and interveners bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLENDON, J.
This suit was for th< purpose of declaring a certain deed to real estate to be a mortgage, and to declare such mortgage void as to a portion of the land conveyed, as being the homestead of Mrs. Ida W. *274Harris. Defendants below claimed to be innocent purchasers.
The facts material to the controversy, as found by the answers of the jury to special issues, and aided by uncontradicted testimony, are substantially as follows: The property in controversy was a part of the original homestead tract of W. W. Weatherred and wife, and was their community property. They both died intestate some years prior…
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