Legal Opinion · Dissent

Bennett v. Langdeau

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 25, 1962No. A-8591Published

1DissentNorvell, Justice

In my opinion the decision in Carlton v. Newton, Tex.Civ.App., 44 S.W.2d 475, no wr. hist., indicates a simple and correct solution to the problem before us in this case. The Court merely complicates matters by saying that a party may sue in one county to remove a cloud from title when *956that cloud happens to be an asserted right to foreclose a mortgage, and at the same time asserts that the mortgagee may bring suit in another county and name as parties thereto all those who claim adversely to the holder of the mortgage. I think petitioners’ motion for rehearing should be granted, that this…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Pena v. SlingTexas Supreme Court · 1940
  2. Pena v. SlingTexas Supreme Court · 1940
  3. Carlton v. NewtonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931

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