Legal Opinion

Wright v. Wooters

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1877PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from Houston. Tried, below before the Hon. L. W. Cooper. The opinion contains a sufficient statement of the case.

1Opinion of the Court

Gould, Associate Justice.

This suit was comm enced and tried as an action of trespass to try title. The title on which the appellees, who were the plaintiffs, recovered, was under a pmchase at a sale, by virtue of a decree foreclosing a mortgage, in a suit by the plaintiffs against Daniel Dailey, as the mortgagee, and Wm. H. Cundiff, as surety. The evidence *382shows, that “long prior to the institution of the suit to foreclose, Dailey had conveyed the land in controversy, by deed, with covenants of warranty, duly recorded, to Texana P. Hays, who went into possession and made valuable improvements…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lockhart v. Ward, Dewey & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1876
  2. Byler v. JohnsonTexas Supreme Court · 1876
  3. Preston v. BreedloveTexas Supreme Court · 1876

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. W. C. Belcher Land Mortgage Co. v. TaylorTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919
  2. Martin v. DialTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
  3. Bradford v. KnowlesTexas Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Rushing v. Citizens' National Bank of PlainviewCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  5. Wilcox v. First National BankTexas Supreme Court · 1900

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