Gardner v. Spivey

Citations

• 35 Tex. 508

Syllabus

<p>i. In a suit in the district court against an administrator and his vendee, to annul a sale of land made by the former to the latter, and to vacate orders of the probate court confirming such sale, the defendants demanded a trial by jury. Meld, error to refuse trial by jury of the issues of fact—the property in controversy being of greater value than ten dollars. (Constitution of 1869, Article 1, Section 13; Article 5, Section 16; Article 5, Section 36.)</p> <p>23. The rulings in Moore v. Letchford, ante 185, respecting the retroactive effect of the act of November 9, 1866, imparting to anterior and unrecorded judgments a lien upon real estate within the county, referred to and approved.</p>