Legal Opinion

Clark, Admr. v. Gauntt

Texas Supreme Court

Decided April 8, 1942No. 7858PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Judge Smedley

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

The material question for decision is whether the lien created by a deed of trust executed by Doris Nellie Bailey when she owned only an undivided one-half interest in the two lots or tracts of land described in the deed of trust extends to the .other one-half interest in the said lots that she afterwards acquired by inheritance from her father.

The lots were the community property of W. M. Bailey and wife. On the death of the wife, Doris Nellie Bailey, their only child, became by inheritance the owner of…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Duhig v. Peavy-Moore Lumber Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1940
  2. Doctor v. . HughesNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
  3. Hanrick v. PatrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  4. Hale v. HollonTexas Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Lindsay v. FreemanTexas Supreme Court · 1892

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3Cited by53 opinions

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