Watkins v. Watkins
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Falls County; Richard I. Muñroe, Judge. Action by C. J. Watkins against Mrs. Sallie Watkins and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, J.
So far as the disposition which we make of this case is concerned, the petition of appellant, who was plaintiff in the court below, may be taken as alleging, in substance, that he and his brother, W. D. Watkins, entered into a verbal agreement, whereby the said W. D. Watkins was to purchase, in his own name, for appellant and said W. D. Watkins a certain tract of land, which was to be sold at sheriff’s sale, and in which neither of them had any interest; that the same was to he paid for by said W. D. Watkins giving his note and executing a mortgage on said land, which note was to be paid off…
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