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KAUFFMAN v. DEIGNAN

No. 12143.

227 S.W.2d 271 (1949)

KAUFFMAN et al. v. DEIGNAN et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

Both Parties Rehearing Denied February 16, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hutcheson, Taliaferro & Hutcheson, Thad T. Hutcheson and Edward C. Hutcheson, Houston, for appellants.

Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Francis and Tarlton Morrow, Houston, for appellees.

GRAVES, Justice.

This controversy involves the validity and construction of an instrument of assignment from W. R. Davis, Incorporated, a corporation, to Leo P. Deignan, as a mere nominee of and taking title for White, Weld & Company, a New York copartnership, dated January 6, 1941, and recorded in Volume 121, pages 15-18, of the Deed Records of Starr County, Texas.

The assignment in question purports to convey an undivided one-fortieth (1/40) in an undivided...

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