STOCKS v. BAPTIST GENERAL CONVENTION OF TEXAS

No. 16363.

362 S.W.2d 196 (1962)

John STOCKS, Guardian of the Estates of W. H. Stocks et ux., Appellant, v. BAPTIST GENERAL CONVENTION OF TEXAS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

November 2, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Hagman, Weatherford, for appellant.

Will Wilson, Atty. Gen., Ben M. Harrison and Joe A. Osborn, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, John P. Ritchie, Mineral Wells, Burford, Ryburn & Ford and H. Sam Davis, Jr., Dallas, for appellee.


BOYD, Justice.

W. H. Stocks, Sr., and wife Effie Stocks brought this suit by and through John Stocks, Guardian of their persons and estates, against the Baptist General Convention of Texas, to cancel a deed executed by Mr. and Mrs. Stocks on February 1, 1955, purporting to convey to The Baptist General Convention of Texas, Trustee, for $10.00 "and other good and valuable consideration", approximately 1,000 acres of land, and retaining a life estate in said land. On...

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