Legal Opinion

Parrish v. Mills

Texas Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1908No. 1756PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Error' to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. Parrish and others sued Mills and others for recovery and partition of property. Defendants had judgment. Plaintiffs appealed and on affirmance obtained writ of error.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gaines

This action was brought by the plaintiffs in error to recover of defendants in error certain property, real and personal, in the petition described. All parties claim under a deed of trust executed by Morgan C. Hamilton to Frank Hamilton, James R. Johnston, T. F. Mitchell and Robert A. Smith, trustees. Since the decision of the case depends upon the construction of that deed, we here set it out in full. It reads as follows:

“State of Texas, Travis County. Know all men. by these presents: That I, Morgan C. Hamilton, of the county of Kings, in the State of New York, for and in consideration of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hillen v. . IselinNew York Court of Appeals · 1895

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Benskin v. BarksdaleTexas Commission of Appeals · 1923
  2. Coffee v. William Marsh Rice UniversityCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
  3. Hallmark v. Port/Cooper-T. Smith Stevedoring Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1995
  4. Michael D. Lee v. the Rogers Agency, C. Michael Rogers, and New York Life Insurance Company, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2016
  5. Reilly v. HuffCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960

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