Porterfield v. Taylor
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Smith County; R. W. Simpson, Judge. Suit by H. L. Taylor against G. M. Por-terfield and wife. Decree for complainant, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWillson, C. J.
This suit was brought by appellee against appellants to partition 31 acres of land in Smith county. Appellee alleged that he owned a one-fourth, and thai; appellants owned a three-fourths, undivided interest in the land.
From testimony heard on the trial, it appeared that prior to August, 1912, Mrs. Por-terfield, then Mrs. Senter, a widow, conveyed the-land to her son H. B. Senter. After she married Porterfield, she, joined by him, employed appellee to represent her as an attorney at law in a suit afterwards commenced in the district court of Smith county to cancel and annul her deed to Senter…
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