Searcy v. Hunter
Texas Supreme Court
This suit was brought by heirs of a married woman to recover a tract of land she had conveyed while a minor to a firm of attorneys for professional services. They had represented her at instance of her stepfather in a litigation involving 750 acres of land, and were successful. She made them a deed for 100 acres of the land. She subsequently died, leaving surviving her mother, a brother and sister of the half-blood, and her husband.
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This suit was brought by heirs of a married woman to recover a tract of land she had conveyed while a minor to a firm of attorneys for professional services. They had represented her at instance of her stepfather in a litigation involving 750 acres of land, and were successful. She made them a deed for 100 acres of the land. She subsequently died, leaving surviving her mother, a brother and sister of the half-blood, and her husband. The findings of fact by the trial judge, the basis of the discussion in the opinion, is here given: “2. The deed made to Simpkins & Simpkins by Annie E.…
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Associate Justice.
The appellants Overton Searcy and Shelby Searcy brought this suit by their guardian to recover of defendant a tract of 100 acres of land, and obtained a judgment for an undivided interest.
There is no statement of facts filed in the record, but the case is brought here upon the conclusions of fact and law of the judge who tried the case below without a jury. From the findings of fact it appears in substance that Annie E. Hollingsworth, then a minor, and others owned a large survey of land known as the Haggerty survey; that their interest had been in common, but had…
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