Daugherty v. Cox's Adm'r
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from B’ayette. This suit was brought by the appellant against the appellee as administrator of Thomas W. Gox, praying that the title to a certain tract of land to which title had been made to the administrator of Gox, for the estate, under a decree of Court, should be divested from the heirs of said Cox and vested in petitioner.
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Appeal from B’ayette. This suit was brought by the appellant against the appellee as administrator of Thomas W. Gox, praying that the title to a certain tract of land to which title had been made to the administrator of Gox, for the estate, under a decree of Court, should be divested from the heirs of said Cox and vested in petitioner. The facts, as appears from. the record, were, that on the 10th July, 1838, one Thomas Maxwell made and executed his bond as follows: “ Republic “ of Texas, county of Fayette. Be it known that I, Joseph A. “ Sergeant, of the county and Republic aforesaid, have…
1Opinion of the CourtLipscomb, J.
The appellant’s counsel rely on the particular terms of the statute. (Hart. Dig. Art. 1345.) It is in the following words: “ That when a sale has been made, and the “ terms thereof complied with, the Sheriff, Coroner, or Con- “ stable shall execute and deliver to the purchaser a convey- “ anee of all the right, title, interest and claim which the de- “ fendant in execution had in, and to, the property sold and they insist that under the broad terms used, of interest and claim, an equitable interest would be included. This may be correct in part; it may be that an equitable claim to title, or…
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