Legal Opinion

Taylor v. Sanford, Administrator

Texas Supreme Court

Decided April 4, 1917No. 2483PublishedCited by 76 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Seventh District, in an appeal from Randall County. Sanford, as administrator, sued Taylor to cancel a deed made by-decedent. Plaintiff had judgment, which was affirmed on appeal by defendant (150' S. W., 262), who thereupon obtained writ of error.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips

The suit was by J. M. Sanford, administrator of the estate of R. H. Sanford, deceased, to cancel a deed of R. H. Sanford to Annie Lee Tajdor conveying certain property in Canyon, Texas. The deed was executed and acknowledged by R. H. Sanford on June 14, 1911. It recited that Miss Taylor was to assume the payment of three vendor’s lion notes against the property, aggregating $750, principal, and that a part of its consideration was the conveyance by Miss Taylor to Sanford of a lot in the town of Hamlin, in Jones County, and a 40-acre tract of land in Presidio County. Sanford was the sheriff…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Henry v. PhillipsTexas Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Dikes v. MillerTexas Supreme Court · 1859
  3. Brown v. BrownTexas Supreme Court · 1884

3Cited by76 opinions

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  2. West v. First Bap. Ch. of TaftTexas Supreme Court · 1934
  3. Thornton v. RainsTexas Supreme Court · 1957
  4. Raymond v. Aquarius Condominium Owners Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983
  5. Eckert v. StewartCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918

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