Henderson v. Morrill
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Red River. Petitioner represented that he was the rightful owner of a certain tract of land situated on Red River, &c.; that Amos Morrill, on the 6th day of June, A. D., 1853, obtained a judgment in the District Court of Red River county against John C. Carter and Mary A. Carter, for 517 32-100 dollars and costs of suit, and that said land be •sold to satisfy said judgment; that on the 15th day of July, A. D., 1853, an order of sale was issued from the office of…
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Appeal from Red River. Petitioner represented that he was the rightful owner of a certain tract of land situated on Red River, &c.; that Amos Morrill, on the 6th day of June, A. D., 1853, obtained a judgment in the District Court of Red River county against John C. Carter and Mary A. Carter, for 517 32-100 dollars and costs of suit, and that said land be •sold to satisfy said judgment; that on the 15th day of July, A. D., 1853, an order of sale was issued from the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Red River county, directed to the Sheriff" of said county, commanding him to sell…
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
The appellant obtained an injunction to restrain the Sheriff from selling a tract of land, under a judgment in favor of Amos, Morrill (one of the appellees) against John C. Carter and Mary A. Carter, in which said land was decreed to be sold in satisfaction of said judgment, and under an order of sale, directing the said land to be sold in conformity with said decree.
On demurrer to the petition, the injunction was dissolved, the petition dismissed, and the plaintiff appealed.
The plaintiff avers that he is the rightful owner of the land; but he does not show by what title he…
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