Estate of Gilmer v. Veatch
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, on error from Orange County. The suit was brought by J. Alfred Veatch and others, heirs of John A. Veatch and his wife, both deceased, for the recovery of land. Plaintiffs had judgment recovering the interest which they inherited as heirs of the deceased wife, the conveyance under which defendants claimed being of plaintiff’s “interest in the estate of John A. Veatch, deceased.”
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, on error from Orange County. The suit was brought by J. Alfred Veatch and others, heirs of John A. Veatch and his wife, both deceased, for the recovery of land. Plaintiffs had judgment recovering the interest which they inherited as heirs of the deceased wife, the conveyance under which defendants claimed being of plaintiff’s “interest in the estate of John A. Veatch, deceased.” J. Alfred Veatch alone appealed, asserting that his title to the father’s interest had not passed because the power of attorney under which it was executed…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gaines
This is an agreed case. The agreement shows that John A. Yeatch during his lifetime became the owner of the south half and of an undivided one-eighth interest in the north half of the Kennard league of land, and that he sold 1427 acres and died possessed of 1349 acres. This was the community property of John A. Yeatch and his deceased wife who died" in 1845. Yeatch lived until 1870. He left only six children, all having been born of his said wife: Andrew A., Samuel H., Ada, Fannie, James J., and Alfred. Fannie and Alfred still live. Andrew A. died in 1871 and left John A. and Mary Yeatch as…
2Cited by21 opinions
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- Griggs v. Houston Oil Co. of TexasTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919
- Harwell v. MorrisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940
- Clayborn v. GambillCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
- Strong v. StrongCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933
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