Cox v. Barton
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Second Supreme Judicial District. Suit by J. L. Barton against Mrs. Eddie C. Cox and another. From an order of the Court of Civil Appeals (176 S. W. 793), reversing a judgment of the trial court for defendants and rendering judgment for plaintiff, defendant named brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, P. J.
On November 22, 1913, Mrs. Eddie C. Cox conveyed to J. L. Barton.a certain tract of land in the corpo•rate limits of Stephenville, Tex. The deed described the land by metes and bounds, one of the boundary lines being a creek, and no meanders of the stream were given. The deed recited the land conveyed as being 100 acres, more or less. In payment for the land, Barton conveyed to Mrs. Cox a farm owned by him, and executed a vendor’s lien note for $2,750. The deed recited a cash consideration of $5,000 and the execution of the note.
Soon after the conveyance was made, Barton had the land…
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