Haley v. Sabine Valley Timber & Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Shelby County; W. C. Buford, Judge. Action by A. L. Haley and others against the Sabine Valley Timber & Lumber Company and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. By a deed dated September 1, 1851, James J. Cravens, then the owner of 739 acres of the Stephen English survey of one league and one labor in Shelby county, conveyed same by metes and bounds to Abel Boles.
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Appeal from District Court, Shelby County; W. C. Buford, Judge. Action by A. L. Haley and others against the Sabine Valley Timber & Lumber Company and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. By a deed dated September 1, 1851, James J. Cravens, then the owner of 739 acres of the Stephen English survey of one league and one labor in Shelby county, conveyed same by metes and bounds to Abel Boles. By deeds' dated May 21, 1875, Abel Boles, joined by his wife, Amy Boles, conveyed 400 acres of the 739 acres to their daughter Sarah Haley, wife of Morris Haley, 150 acres thereof to…
1Opinion of the CourtWillson, C. J.
(after stating the facts as above). Appellants insisted in the court below that they were entitled to a judgment on the findings made by the jury, and assign as error the refusal of that court to render a judgment in their favor.
[1,2] In submitting issues the court assumed that the deed from Abel Boles and his wife to Sarah Haley was delivered to her, and was sufficient as a conveyance to her of the land in controversy. We think the testimony authorized both assumptions, and would not support findings to the contrary. The title to the 400 acres being in Sarah Haley at the time Abel Boles…
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