Jordan v. Jordan
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Cass County; P. A. Turner, Judge. Action by W. C. Jordan against Robert L. Jordan and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. On February 17, 1887, Jordan Galloway and wife, by warranty deed, conveyed to Albert C. Jordan 190 acres of land in Cass county.
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Appeal from District Court, Cass County; P. A. Turner, Judge. Action by W. C. Jordan against Robert L. Jordan and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. On February 17, 1887, Jordan Galloway and wife, by warranty deed, conveyed to Albert C. Jordan 190 acres of land in Cass county. The following part of the deed need only be stated: “Know all men by these presents that we, Jordan Galloway and E. A. Galloway, wife of the said Jordan Galloway, both citizens of said county, for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars to us in hand paid by Albert C. Jordan, also of…
1Opinion of the CourtLevy, J.
(after stating the facts as above). The appellants, by proper assignment, predicate error upon the action of the court in giving a peremptory instruction to the jury to return a verdict for appellee. The whole case as made by the pleadings and proof resolves itself into the question of the legal effect to be given the acts and transactions between appellee and his, brother, Albert G. Jordan, now deceased, concerning the purchase of the tract of land in suit. The evidence consists entirely of letters and written instruments, which were undisputed, and there were no issues of fact raised by the…
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