Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co. v. Bruce
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Stephens County; W. R. Ely, Judge. Action by E. P. Bruce and others against the Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company and others. Prom judgment rendered, the named defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
On May 28, 1913, P. J. Bruce, of Ranger, Tex., went to R. L. Weeks, notary public-, and asked him to write a will. This the notary did, but when Bruce learned that the will would have to be witnessed, he asked the notary why he could not acknowledge it. The notary told him that he could prepare a deed conveying his property to his wife, Mrs. Jennie M. Bruce, to take effect at grantor’s death, and did prepare the instrument hereinafter set out, which Bruce said was satisfactory, and duly acknowledged it. Bruce died October 21, 1913, and the wife had the instrument put on record in the deed…
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- Colgan v. Forest Oil Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
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