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SHIELDS v. HARRIS COUNTY

No. 15330.

248 S.W.2d 510 (1952)

SHIELDS v. HARRIS COUNTY et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emory T. Carl and M. Michael Gordon, both of Houston, for appellant.

Sam W. Davis, Crim. Dist. Atty., W. K. Richardson, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., and Knipp & Broady, all of Houston, for appellees Harris County and Rita B. Magee and others.

Charles W. Austin, of Houston, for appellees M. A. Rowe and others.

CULVER, Justice.

This suit involves the validity of the purported dedication of a certain tract in Harris County, Texas, as a part for the use of the public.

By deed dated May 22, 1939, Thomas Garth and wife conveyed to Green and Miller a 263.3 acre tract of land in Harris County, retaining a vendor's lien to secure the payment of three promissory notes, each in the sum of $2,500, and containing the following recitation: "It is contemplated that the grantees...

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