Legal Opinion

Stone v. Sledge

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 24, 1894No. 150PublishedCited by 40 opinions

Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Third District, in an appeal from Hays County.

1Opinion of the Court

GAINES, Associate Justice.

This action was brought by Mrs. E. A. Stone and her husband to recover a tract of land claimed to be her separate property. She died after the institution of the suit, intestate, and her two children, as her heirs, were made parties plaintiff in her stead. It was admitted that Mrs. Stone originally held title to the premises .in controversy by inheritance.

The defendants asserted title through mesne conveyances under a deed executed by F. A. Stone, the husband, to J. D. Morrison on the 6th day of December, 1872. This was an ordinary warranty deed, in which the name of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ochoa v. MillerTexas Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Flaniken v. NealTexas Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Stone v. MontgomeryMississippi Supreme Court · 1858
  4. Armstrong v. StovallMississippi Supreme Court · 1853
  5. McKellar v. PeckTexas Supreme Court · 1873

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Benskin v. BarksdaleTexas Commission of Appeals · 1923
  2. Magee v. YoungTexas Supreme Court · 1946
  3. Arnold v. JoinesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  4. Cordano v. WrightCalifornia Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Creosoted Wood Block Paving Co. v. McKayCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919

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