Neyland v. Bendy

Maltbie, Presiding Judge.

On the thirtieth day of December, 1875, H. W. Bendy, the defendant in. error, who was the plaintiff below, made a deed to William Weyland, plaintiff in error, the father-in-law of Bendy, purporting to convey all the lands inherited by Bendy from his deceased mother, and all other lands owned by him in Texas, upon the recited consideration of eighteen hundred dollars paid. The question presented by the record for determination is, whether it was intended by the parties that the deed should operate as an absolute conveyance of the land, as it purports to do; or whether…