Clark v. English
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Houston. Tried below before Hon. John Young Gooch.
1Opinion of the Court
GILL, Associate Justice.
On the-day of-, 18—, G. T. English died. He was at the time of his death the owner of 180 acres of unimproved land (in his separate right) and one horse. His only indebtedness was a promissory note payable to W. V. Clark for the sum of $92.04. After his death his widow, M. E. English, agreed to sell Clark enough of the land to satisfy the debt, but finding that she had no authority to make the deed the agreement was abandoned. Thereafter and within four years of English’s death Clark qualified as administrator of English’s estate and proceeded to administer it through…
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