Douglas v. Baker
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal ‘from Denton. Tried below before Hon. B1. M. Davidson, Special District Judge. This suit was instituted on May 5, 1886, by J. 17. Baker against Mary C. Douglas, to substitute an alleged power of attorney from Douglas and deceased husband to F. E. Finer and W. J. Austin, jointly and severally, which it was claimed had been lost. Defendant Douglas resided in the county of Houston and plaintiff Baker in Denton County.
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Appeal ‘from Denton. Tried below before Hon. B1. M. Davidson, Special District Judge. This suit was instituted on May 5, 1886, by J. 17. Baker against Mary C. Douglas, to substitute an alleged power of attorney from Douglas and deceased husband to F. E. Finer and W. J. Austin, jointly and severally, which it was claimed had been lost. Defendant Douglas resided in the county of Houston and plaintiff Baker in Denton County. The land was situated in Denton County, and was 200 acres of the W. C. Brookfield survey, claimed by plaintiff under a deed executed in name of Mary C. and C. E. Douglas on…
1Opinion of the Court
COLLARD, Judge.
This suit was brought by the appellee, J. T. Baker, in Denton County, against M. C. Douglas, appellant, a feme sole, widow of C. E. Douglas, to establish by decree a lost power of attorney alleged to have been executed by C. E. and Mary. C. Douglas, husband and wife, in 1879, to F. E. Finer and W. J. Austin, a firm of lawyers and land agents doing business under the firm name of Finer & Austin, in which power of attorney they and each of them jointly and severally were authorized to. sell and make deeds to the 200 acres of land described in the petition and other lands situated…
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