Burnham v. Hardy Oil Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in. an appeal from Matagorda County. Burnham and others sued the Hardy Oil Company and others for the recovery of land. Defendants had verdict and judgment under peremptory instructions. Plaintiffs appealed ; and the judgment, affirmed as to the others, was reversed and remanded as to two appellants, Legge and Far jeon. All the defendants applied for and obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiep Justice PHILLIPS
delivered the opinion of the court.
The suit was by James H. Burnham and others, representing the interest of Emily Parker, a daughter of Henry Parker and Henrietta Parker, his wife, for approximately an undivided one-fourth interest in a league of land originally granted to Henry Parker, constituting community property of himself and wife, Henrietta, conveyed by Henry Parker, after the death of his wife, to his son, Wm. E. Parker, to whom, by the will of Henry Parker, which was duly probated, it was also devised.
The defendants held the title thus conveyed and devised…
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