Legal Opinion

Dunlap v. Squires

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 29, 1916No. 7504PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Rockwall County Court; G. W. Reese, Judge. Action by Theodore Squires against O. E. Dunlap and F. A. Ferris. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

This was a proceeding, under the statute, for the trial of the right of property to six bales of cotton levied on as the property of Mrs. T. H. Squires, wife of the appellee, by virtue of an execution issued on n judgment obtained by appellants against the said Mrs. Squires prior to her marriage to the appellee. In the tender of issues filed, the appellee, Theo. Squires, as claimant, alleged in substance that the debt sought to be collected by the levy of the execution in question was an antenuptial debt of his wife; that the property seized was not her separate property and not subject to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Salinas v. WrightTexas Supreme Court · 1854
  2. Taylor v. MurphyTexas Supreme Court · 1878
  3. Western Indemnity Co. v. MacKechnieCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Smith v. PattonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
  2. Wiggins v. RushNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1971
  3. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. SnowCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940
  4. Austin v. CrimCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927
  5. Pierce v. WillsonTexas Supreme Court · 1924

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