Lewis v. Simon
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Washington. Tried below before Hon. I. B. McFarland. Under appropriate pleadings Mrs. Simon, the plaintiff below, introduced in evidence a deed from her husband to her for the lot in controversy, made February 16, 1885, and duly recorded the same day.
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Appeal from Washington. Tried below before Hon. I. B. McFarland. Under appropriate pleadings Mrs. Simon, the plaintiff below, introduced in evidence a deed from her husband to her for the lot in controversy, made February 16, 1885, and duly recorded the same day. The defendant Lewis, who is appellant, showed title also under the husband, but under attachment proceedings levied upon the lot December 10, 1885, upon a debt contracted July 29,1885, about five months after the accruing of the plaintiffjs right. It was pleaded that the deed to the plaintiff being a voluntary conveyance was also…
1Opinion of the Court
Gaines, Associate Justice.—This
suit was brought by appellee Angelina Simon, joined by her husband, to recover of appellant a certain parcel of land described in her petition.
On the 16th day of February, 1885, the land in controversy was the property of Solomon Simon, who on that day conveyed it to appellant Angelina, his wife. The consideration expressed is ten dollars “paid by Angelina Simon, and the further consideration of the love and affection ” borne by the grantor to her. The deed was acknowledged and filed for record on the day of its date, and was duly recorded. The defendant claimed…
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