Rice v. Ward
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Falls County. Ward and others sued Rice and others and had judgment, from which the defendants appealed and procured writ of error on its affirmance.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
On June 19, 1895, the defendants in error, the surviving wo'fe, the heirs and devisees of S. S. Ward, deceased, filed their original petition in the District Court of Falls County against the plaintiffs in error, in which they prayed for a decree declaring a deed absolute in form to be a mortgage. The deed was executed by S. S. Ward to Wm. M. Rice, on the 9th day of March, 1868, and conveyed the land described in the plaintiffs’ petition. The petition alleged in substance that on the date named, S. S. Ward was, indebted to Wm. M. Rice & Co. in about the sum of $600,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Schunior v. RussellTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- Floyd v. RiceTexas Supreme Court · 1866
- Burdett v. Silsbee's Adm'rTexas Supreme Court · 1855
- Emerson v. MillsTexas Supreme Court · 1892
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- Tabor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
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