De Cordova v. Knowles

Citations

• 37 Tex. 19

Syllabus

<p>1. A power of attorney to sell “ claims and effects ” cannot be construed to authorize the sale of land or real estate.</p> <p>2. In an action of trespass to try title, the plaintiff, to establish the authority of the agent to convey the land in controversy, offered in evidence a power of attorney from one W. to the agent, to sell all the claims and effects of the said W. in this State. Held, as the power of attorney did •not authorize the sale of land, it .was not error to exclude from the jury both.the power of attorney and the deed executed under it—there being no evidence of a subsequent ratification of it by the principal.</p>