Ragsdale v. Mays
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Fayette. Tried below before the Hon. H. Tiechmueller. Mrs. S. P. Ragsdale brought this suit in the district court of Fayette county, Texas, against Mary Mays, to compel specific performance of a certain contract, in writing, executed by the latter to the former, for the sale of lands lying in Lavaca and Uvalde counties.
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Appeal from Fayette. Tried below before the Hon. H. Tiechmueller. Mrs. S. P. Ragsdale brought this suit in the district court of Fayette county, Texas, against Mary Mays, to compel specific performance of a certain contract, in writing, executed by the latter to the former, for the sale of lands lying in Lavaca and Uvalde counties. Plaintiff, in her amended original petition, filed May 13, 1885, alleges, in substance, that the defendant, on July 17, 1884, in consideration of $500, $10.00 of which was ready money, agreed, in writing, to sell to plaintiff defendant’s interest in certain lands…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
Only one question in this case demands our attention, which is: Did the contract sued on describe, with sufficient certainty, the land which the appellee bound herself to convey? The language of the .description is: My interest in my lands in Lavaca county and also that in Uvalde county.
The natural and ordinary meaning of the term “interest in lands,” includes the entire right held in them. A person does not divest himself of his interest in property who still retains in it any right whatever. Hence the conveyance of one’s interest, without qualification, carries with it…
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