Morton v. Calvin
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Gregg County; W. C. Buford, Judge. Trespass to try title by Grover C. Calvin, against Mattie Morton and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. William Morton died in May, 1906, and left surviving him a son, S. T. Morton, and four daughters, Mattie Morton, Annie Morton, who afterwards married Clark Dickson, Mrs. Ellen Reynolds, wife of J. D. Reynolds, and Mrs. Lela Compton, wife of W. E. Compton.
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Appeal from District Court, Gregg County; W. C. Buford, Judge. Trespass to try title by Grover C. Calvin, against Mattie Morton and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. William Morton died in May, 1906, and left surviving him a son, S. T. Morton, and four daughters, Mattie Morton, Annie Morton, who afterwards married Clark Dickson, Mrs. Ellen Reynolds, wife of J. D. Reynolds, and Mrs. Lela Compton, wife of W. E. Compton. At the time, and for many years prior to the time he died, William Morton resided on a tract of land owned by him, known as the Baggett survey. ' Adjoining…
1Opinion of the CourtWillson, C. J.
(after stating’ the facts as above).
[1] The objections urged to the judgment in the brief filed by appellant Miss Mattie Morton are not the same as those urgjed to it in the brief filed by appellants Mrs. Ellen Reynolds and her husband. We will first consider questions made by assignments in the brief of Miss Morton, and in doing so will refer to her as “appellant.”
Appellant insists the court erred in finding that William Morton devised the land in controversy to Ellen Reynolds, “because,” she says, quoting from the brief, “the undisputed evidence shows that it was the intention of the said…
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