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CITY OF BEAUMONT v. JONES

No. 8042.

560 S.W.2d 710 (1977)

The CITY OF BEAUMONT, Appellant, v. Kirkland JONES, dba Anthony Cemetery, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Phair, Beaumont, for appellant.

Lindsey Walker, Beaumont, for appellee.

DIES, Chief Justice.

Anthony Cemetery was established in about 1867, and it is now in the corporate limits of Beaumont, a Home Rule City. In July 1975 Kirkland Jones purchased Lots 7 and 8 of the Morris Addition to the City of Beaumont which is adjacent to the cemetery. The deed was to Jones individually, but he testified he took it as trustee for the cemetery. He is the grandson of the original founder and the leader of the family group now operating the cemetery...

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