The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-18
HIGHEST COURT DECISIONS,
Synopses Of Opinions Handed Down
at the Latest Sitting
RENDERED BY THE SUPREME COURT
Lower Court Sustained In the shsncr
VIII Case from Bcxar-CicveIand
a Co. vs.. Carr from Polk.

Austin. Texas. February i5.---Followlng
are synopscs OF opinions delivered by the
supreme court today;
J. ~. AND WALTER SINNER VS.. ii. II.
AND w, u. SINNER, EXECUTORS. ET
AL, certified questions In a case from
Bcxar county, Fourth district.
The will OF Emma Sinner gave to each OF
her four children onesiXth OF her estate.
aud gave the remaining two-siytns TO nor
executors in trust for certain purposes not
necessary to mention. II also dircctea
that the executors, as soon ~ practicable,
should proceed to procure partition OF
tho whole estate into six portions, and
expressly empowered them to have this
partition made without awaiting the twelve
months after the probate OF the Will, The
VIII also directed that tho executors
should act Independently OF the courts aud
should not be required TO give any bond.
The executors qualified under this viii.
filed an inventory OF the estate and sub
sequently filed an application In the coun-
~ court praying for partition aud dis-
,ributjon ot the estate among tho four
children.
Question |. Had the county court. In
view OF the terms OF tho will and tho
above facts, jurisdiction to make the par
tttion provided Tor In said WIN
The fourteenth section OF the Will does
not attempt to entirely withdraw the es-
.".o i'o'n the Juiisuiotion VI .uo p lopa'o
.boula ho ,,aSs hnrn Thn ,ac, ,hat ,ha
executors are authorized to "procure a
partition" and not 10 make II. taken In
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NNNh M 49, cer'iileu questions ia
case FROM IoiN county frht uis'rict-
Nc'thic"'" u'sinis"cn'
Brown Bros Co. made loan OF So
600 tn Homo H. Carr This luan was rem
a,,,a, h ,,,,u .,.. ,,var a. r,r,,vr
~ '"''s "'''' $50
iiros' a w. anu was serur"" ny ueou Vi
trust on certain lands owned by Carr and
nlsn hv Tho ,runraniec of Cleveland a Co
,r, ,..,.,. ,.a,..,. A.. am, ,.,,,,
'"o "'u"'' ""''"s oe'o"'O W." "'' ".'"s
unpaid, Brown Bros. a 90. caused part OF
the lands included in the decd OF trust to
Ia. .old no ,he trustee and they were pur-
chased by cleveland a. Co for $500. An
indorscmsn, NJ Satisfaction WAS then made
an on. nS ,he nn,es and n credit was made
ON ono of The others. CLEVELAND A CO.
then mid urn,xu Rroe 4 % the hnlnnco
duo an ,ho notns ana thev torother with
ina an,d of irust securing tho,n. were then
Transferred TO Cleveland & Co, Cleveland
IS 10 nftcrwnrd caused other tracts OF
ia,d i,rIuded In mo decd of trust Ia bc
.oId nv tho trustee for $3.50 md still tho
tracts Included therein remain ungold. All
of the .alcs under me deed OF trust are
cnncaded Ia La vnid beoauae of n non
comnllanco with The terms of The power
M salo Carr bronyh, his suit seeking to
ye,ovar tho lnnds hcpa,iso nj the Inynlidlty
~ IN. snI,s nnd niao In baye the notes
.rJ tod 80 t,,tst cancelled b.rnuso of Tho
alleged fraudulent conduct ON the part of
cleveland a GA, I'm se~,ring and appro-
nrI,ii,g Ina nanny narrowed Inv plaintiif
,ro,n itrown uroa a. 10 and of other al
io.od fraudulent conduct. and In IN. AL
t,Tnnti,,e "a rpcovnr the money alleged TO
have baon mn, concentrated by, Cleye-
lana G "a CIcvoland g co. In recon
~nn,ion .ouyht Judgment for The amount
d,a on tho no,os and an Enforcement OF
,he Hon an ,ha land Hoth pnrti.s rocoy
syed i,ipmen,s I'm The trIai court upon tho
resnoctive ca,,aes NJ action alleged by
mem nnd Judgment was rendered for
cleveland g. "a for tbo amount nj tho
oxcoss ~ ,b.,r INDIGNANT oycr carr's
,ndgm.r, ,rhn mature M the m,osiio,s
ca.,iriaa ara suf,ic,ontlv Indicated bv Inc
oninIon
rho r,o,Ioo ~ Cleveland G. IN filed
4, mo con,, ana asLirg that Tho court NJ
oi,,i a,naaIs h.' ronuIrab "a arnend and ON.
tarao IL s,a,.nant If thc fgcis which sr.
ro,nnanies tho anes,,ops certified Is over.
,.,,,ah naoa,', "' ,,ia ta,,,. au,hori,v n, Al
r"c, 90 con,rol nm, oom,, In ,he manner
ne natiny statsman, or ,ormnlatjnp Tho
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,o e,va mis- co,'r, ;urisdiction
IA, a,,,tori,y nf ibis co,,r, IN answer
cics,,n,s certi,,ed ~ I, nv IN, courts or
cc,vil arnaot. 10 oonfarred hy a,,,cIe tota
Pey,c,5 sia,u,os a. s,o not authoriyod
~ rnss ,non snv nueaIion corti,led nm.
ioss HI =, ,riae. IN csSe nsnding heforo the
court of civil ANNALS