Dodd v. Daniel

ALEXANDER, Justice.

H. J. Dodd and wife brought this suit against J. B. Daniel in trespass to try title to recover 240 acres of land in Leon county and to cancel a mineral deed theretofore executed and delivered by them to said defendant by which they conveyed to him one-half of the minerals in the land. They alleged, in substance, that in consideration for said deed the purchaser agreed to pay the sum of $240, which money was to be used to pay the balance of the original purchase money due the state and in securing the patent for the land from the state. They further alleged that the…