The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-11
True Status OF the Mckay
Gu'Iey ImbrogIio.
THE UNITED STATES FLAG liClDE}T
Full Particulars OF The Litigation and
Trouble Up TO the Present Time.

papers Of the state concerning the
imbrogho gro ~ing out Of a contro-
versy regarding q hacienda Of about
~, 600 acres of land at Tuxpau,
Mexico, and there seems to be .
great lack of information, or a
large amount of Misunderstanding
concerning the troub
TIE News has taken the trouble
to investigate the matter, and as
nearly as it is able to discover from
authoritative information the true
status of the an ,ir is about az fol
lows:
J. A. Mickey negotiated with the
heirs of one Smith for the purchase
of an option on the hacienda, and
Messrs Gurley, Taylor and others
entered into contract with McKay
by the terms of which they were to
20 in with Mckay on the option
and purchase the hacienda from the
heirs of Smith, who had once owned
il.
This option expired without the
parties concentrating the pure ase,
and under subsequent negotiations
Nick Az secured another option and
obtained deeds Of conveyance from
the heirs to the land Prior 10 this
conveyance, however, third party
had leased the ha .ienda for term,
and such term had not expired a
the time of the conveyance to Nc.
Kay, and NJ Kay, for the purpose
of getting possession, bought out
the lessee's unexpired lease, and
took an assignment of the same
from him. Afterwards Messrs.
Gurley, Taylor and others and Nc
Kay entered into contract of ar
rapgement by which Mickey was to
convey the lands to Enrique Taylor,
who was to borrow a large sum of
money from capitalists in the City
of Mexico on the lands, which
money was to be divided up be-
tween Mex ay and Messrs. Gurley,
Taylor and others, and the land was
then to be reconveyed by Taylor to
Mckay, one.third of the lands to
be ested in Mckay and the balance
to be conveyed to him in trust for
the other parties. This de d of
conveyance was executed in dupll-
cate.
Up to this time Mckay was in
possession of the hacienda, con
trolling the same, and it seems that
everything was amicable and under
stood between all parties; but the
large loan on the land which was to
be negotiated by Taylor in the City
Of Mexico failed TO mate~ialize, and
when Taylor failed to get the money
and wanted to have the deed
recorded which had been executed
to him by Mckay the trouble began.
1t was necessary in order for the
deed to be recorded that Mex ay
should give his consent thereto be.
fore the officer whose duty it was tc
record the instrument. This he re
fused to do until the deed of recon
veyance from Taylor to himself haC
been delivered TO him, such deed OF
reconveyance having been left il
Taylor's possession in Texas. From
some cause Taylor did not deliver
the deed of reconveyance to Mckay
and thereupon MtKay returned t(
Texas ard obtained the duplicat,
deed of such reconveyance, which
had been executed by Taylor.
When this waa done Messrs. Cur
ley, Taylor and others filed suit be
fore the Judge of the FIRST Iustano,
at Tuxpan for possession of thu
hacienda, against the origina
lessee of the premises, whom Nc
Kay had bought out, and from
whom he had taken an assignment
of the lease. But Mckay was no
notified of the suit, and had n,
hearing before the court, Messrs
Gurley, Taylor and others claiming
that Mckay was tenant Of tn
party whom they sued and wa
bound by the Judgment rendered
notwithstanding he had no motto
from the court.
Judgment was rendered in tn