Smith v. Van Slyke
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Wise County; J. W. Patterson, Judge. Action by Edgar Van Slyke and others against B'. F. Smith and others. From a judgment for plaintiff and certain defendants ■as stated, defendant B. F. Smith and others appeal. Reversed and remanded in part, with directions.
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Appeal from District Court, Wise County; J. W. Patterson, Judge. Action by Edgar Van Slyke and others against B'. F. Smith and others. From a judgment for plaintiff and certain defendants ■as stated, defendant B. F. Smith and others appeal. Reversed and remanded in part, with directions. The suit was instituted by Edgar Van Slyke against W. R. Hunt and wife, Mary J. Hunt, B. F. Smith, 6. A. Newman, Texas Securities Company, Colonial & United States Mortgage Company, the Dallas Trust & Savings Bank, and some 14 other persons and corporations, to recover against W. R. Hunt and wife the…
1Opinion of the CourtLevy, J.
(after stating the facts as above). As to appellants B. F. Smith and the Texas Securities Company, whose rights are interdependent, their appeal involves only the 146 acres of the O. Herndon survey, herein designated as the third tract in suit. Neither the intervener, National Bank of Commerce, nor any of the defendants, except Mrs. Hunt and husband, are claiming any lien or interest in the 146 acres. And the controversy between appellant Mrs. Hunt and these two appellants as to this tract is as to whether the designation of the homestead by instrument in writing, made by W. R. Hunt on…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- McGaughey v. American Nat. Bank of AustinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1905
- Brin v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1901
- Morris v. PrattCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909
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