Legal Opinion

Rice v. Ward

Texas Supreme Court

Decided June 22, 1899No. 802PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District,, in an appeal from Falls County.

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Associate Justice.

The Court of Civil Appeals for the Third Supreme Judicial District has certified to this court the following statement and question:

“This is a suit on appeal now pending in the Court of Civil Appeals of the Third Supreme Judicial District of Texas.
“The action is one by the appellees as the heirs at law and as legatees and devisees under the will of S. S. Ward, deceased, against the appellants, for a decree declaring a general warranty deed, absolute in form, executed by S. S. Ward to William Rice, of date March 19, 1868, to he in fact a mortgage; and to recover from…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ahern v. . SteeleNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  2. Sloggy v. DilworthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Abrams v. Ross' EstateTexas Commission of Appeals · 1923
  2. Morris v. Texas Elks Crippled Children's Hospital, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. Hand v. ErringtonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1923
  4. Born v. BluesteinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
  5. Slay v. Mary Couts Burnett TrustCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944

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