Clapp v. Engledow
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Van Zandt. Tried below before Hon. Felix J. McCord. This is an action to supply a lost deed alleged to have been executed by one Amanda Johnson a short time before her death. Her heirs were made defendants. There is no question upon the pleadings and they are sufficiently given in the opinion.
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Appeal from Van Zandt. Tried below before Hon. Felix J. McCord. This is an action to supply a lost deed alleged to have been executed by one Amanda Johnson a short time before her death. Her heirs were made defendants. There is no question upon the pleadings and they are sufficiently given in the opinion. The findings of fact by the court are as follows: “ Sarah F. Clapp brings this suit against the defendants as heirs at .law of Mrs. Johnson, who died about March 13, 1873, in Nacogdoches County, Texas. This suit is brought to establish a deed which plaintiff alleges was executed and…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, Associate Justice.
The purpose of this suit was to establish the existence and contents of a lost deed, alleged to have been executed by Amanda Johnson to Angelina M. Barrett in the latter part of the year 1872 or early in 1873. The appellant, who was the plaintiff, claimed under mesne conveyances from Mrs. Angelina Barrett and her husband to their son Ralph Barrett, and from him to the plaintiff. The defendants are the heirs at law of Amanda Johnson. The petition also alleged that by the loss of said deed a cloud was cast upon her title; that defendants are setting up claim to the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Johnson v. BrownTexas Supreme Court · 1879
- Yates v. IamsTexas Supreme Court · 1853
3Cited by10 opinions
- Sanne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Moore v. WootenTexas Commission of Appeals · 1926
- Pryor v. KrauseCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Clapp v. EngledowTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Moore v. RiceCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
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