Felts v. Bell County
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District in an appeal from Bell County. Bell County sued Felts and others for the recovery of land. Defendants had judgment which, on appeal by plaintiff, was reversed and rendered, in part, in its favor by the Court of Civil Appeals. Appellees thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
Bell County recovered in the District Court of that county a judgment against W. Y. McFarland for $2,522, with a foreclosure of a mortgage lien upon the land in controversy in this suit. Sam Sparks was the sheriff of the county and G. M. Felts was the county judge. The Commissioners’ Court directed Felts to cause an order of sale to be issued upon the judgment and to have the land sold thereunder, but the court did not authorize him to buy it for the county. Felts procured the order of sale and caused it to be delivered to Sam Sparks, the sheriff, who advertised the land and sold it in…
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