Andrews v. Hagadon
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston, Tried below before the Hon. Wm. H. Stewart. The following statement of the pleadings given by appellant is adopted as correct; the evidence is sufficiently stated in the opinion for an understanding of the case: ■ Suit was brought January 19, 1878, by Isabella Hagadon, widow, against Thomas H. Edgar, to recover the amount of a promissory note made by Thomas H. Edgar, dated 1st September, 1873, due twelve months after date, for the sum of two thousand…
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Appeal from Galveston, Tried below before the Hon. Wm. H. Stewart. The following statement of the pleadings given by appellant is adopted as correct; the evidence is sufficiently stated in the opinion for an understanding of the case: ■ Suit was brought January 19, 1878, by Isabella Hagadon, widow, against Thomas H. Edgar, to recover the amount of a promissory note made by Thomas H. Edgar, dated 1st September, 1873, due twelve months after date, for the sum of two thousand dollars, with twelve per cent, interest (less a credit of $340), and against the heirs of Alexander Edgar and E. E.…
1Opinion of the Court
Watts, Commissioner.
The questions involved in the decision of this case are these:
1st. Was the lot in controversy part of the homestead of Alexander Edgar and wife at the time of the execution of the trust deed by Thos. Edgar?
2d. Was there any constituent member of the family of Alexander Edgar and wife, at the time of their death, to whom the homestead right descended?
3d. Was the hen on the land released by reason of appellee’s extending time to Thos. Edgar?
Alexander Edgar purchased lots 5, 6 and 7,. block 378, in the city of G-alveston, about 1812, and had a residence upon lot 7, outhouses…
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