Hill v. Conrad
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Harris County.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
Plaintiffs in error, executors of the will of W. R. Baker, deceased, brought this suit to recover of the defendant. a tract of land containing ten acres, known as lot No. 70 in the James Holman survey and, judgment having been rendered for defendant, prosecute this writ of error to reverse same.
Both parties assert title under Mosely Baker, the plaintiffs’ title is a conveyance from Mosely Baker to W. R. Baker, plaintiff’s testator, of date November 1, 1847, recorded September 28, 1852, which, for a recited consideration of $200, conveyed 10-acre lots 33, 54, 49, 59,…
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