Legal Opinion

Crow v. Van Ness

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 25, 1921No. 1817PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Lipscomb County; W. R. Ewing, Judge. Suit by B. P. Crow and others against George A. Van Ness, Lela Irene Van Ness, and another, to correct an alleged mistake in a prior judgment, in which the defendant Lela Irene Van Ness prayed that the prior judgment be set aside as against her. From a judgment awarding defendant Lela Irene Van Ness, an undivided half interest in the land affected by the judgment, plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtBoxoe, J.

This is the second appeal of this case. See Van Ness v. Crow, 215 S. W. 572. Since the former decision, the case has been repleaded, and different questions are now presented. We will restate the case so far as necessary to present such facts as concern the questions now for decision.

The suit was originally brought by B. F. Crow against Geo. A. Van Ness, Alice D. Van Ness, and Lela Irene Van Ness, a minor; to correct an alleged mistake in a certain judgment entered in the district court of Ochiltree county, Tex., in cause No. 62, wherein the said B. F. Crow .was plaintiff and the other…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Windsor v. McVeighSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Cooper v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  3. Crawford v. McDonaldTexas Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Murchison v. White, 54 Tex. 78 (Tex. 1880)Texas Supreme Court · 1880
  5. Clayton v. HurtTexas Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. State v. District Court of Eighth Jud. Dist.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Jones v. Sun Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1941
  3. Snell v. KnowlesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
  4. Paul v. Houston Oil Co. of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1948
  5. Bradburn v. McIntoshCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1947

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