Simpson v. Oats
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, on' error from Delta County. Simpson and others sued Oats and others, for the recovery of land,, and prosecuted error from a judgment for defendants, on affirmance of which they obtained writ of error from the- Supreme Court:
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
J. B. Simpson married the only daughter of J. W. and Hannah Eipley. The wife of Simpson died in 1892, leaving two children, L. E. and W. H. Simpson. J. B. Simpson sues in his own right and as next friend of the two children, who are minors.
In 1868 J. W. Eipley and Hannah Eipley were husband and wife and settled upon the land in controversy under a promise by J. W. Bipley’s father that he would give to them one hundred acres of the land. Eipley and his wife improved the land by building thereon a cabin, fencing in and cultivating some of the land, all the improvements aggregating fifty…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Creamer v. BriscoeTexas Supreme Court · 1908
3Cited by6 opinions
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