Glenn v. Mathews
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Austin. Tried below before the Hon. Livingston Lindsay. This was a suit by Z. W. Mathews, administrator of F. R. Penrice, deceased, against Alex. Glenn, upon a covenant of warranty in a deed executed by Glenn to Penrice, January 1, 1859, for a labor of land on the Brazos river, in Austin county.
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Error from Austin. Tried below before the Hon. Livingston Lindsay. This was a suit by Z. W. Mathews, administrator of F. R. Penrice, deceased, against Alex. Glenn, upon a covenant of warranty in a deed executed by Glenn to Penrice, January 1, 1859, for a labor of land on the Brazos river, in Austin county. The consideration in the warranty deed was $1,200, which sum, with interest and costs of eviction, were demanded, Penrice having been evicted from said land by Freeman and David George, heirs of the original grantee of the labor, and who held the paramount title. The defendant pleaded…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Associate Justice.
The record does not disclose nor does the argument of counsel suggest the ground upon which the general exception to the amended answer of the plaintiff in error was sustained, and we are unable to perceive any valid objection to the answer which warrants the judgment. If the matters stated in the answer are true, it certainly needs no argument to show that the contract on *405which the action is brought was in contravention of public policy and manifestly fraudulent.
While our statutes of limitations are most liberal in their provisions for the protection of occupants…
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