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Asher v. Gates

272 S.W.2d 585, 1954 Tex. App. LEXIS 2192
Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided October 7, 1954·No. No. 12722·Published·Cited by 5 cases

Opinions

CODY, Justice.

Ella Gates, one of the surviving children of her widowed mother, Mrs. Minnie Benedict, joined by her husband, brought this suit in trespass-to-try-title to all those certain lots, tracts or parcels of land situate in the City and County of Galveston, State of Texas, known and described upon the map of the City of Galveston as made by the Galveston Land & Improvement Company as Lots 1Ó, 11 and 12 in Block “2” in Denver Resurvey according to the map or plan of same which is recorded in Book 91, page 196, Galveston County Records. Said lots are shown located upon a copy of said map which is appended to this opinion. As so shown said lots front on the south side of Broadway at its intersection with 55th Street. Said Block “2” is also [588] indicated upon said map as “Org (Original) 175”. The dimensions of each lot are 25 feet by 120 feet as is indicated by the block of lots shown at the lower righthand corner of said map. The defendants to said suit were the surviving heirs of Mrs. Minnie Benedict, other than plaintiff, Mrs. Gates, and the surviving heirs of said surviving heirs. It was stipulated between the parties that Mrs. Minnie Benedict acquired title to said lots while a feme sole, and that sHe was the common source.

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