Molloy v. Brower
Molloy v. Brower
Opinion of the Court
Mrs. L. M. Brower, joined by her husband, A. A. Brower, instituted this suit in the district court of Tarrant county to restrain A. W. Molloy and L. W. Allen, the latter as sheriff of Williamson county, from making a sale of a tract of land on a writ of execution issued out of the county court of Tarrant county for civil cases on a judgment in favor of A. W. Molloy against A. A. Brower, the plaintiff claiming the property as her separate estate. There was a trial before the court, resulting in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff perpetuating the injunction prayed for, and the defendant Molloy appeals.
The trial court found as matter of fact that the property in controversy was deeded by A. A. Brower to his wife, L. M. Brqwer, upon an understanding between both that the same should be her separate property, and that at the time of the conveyance the grantor was solvent, and furthermore that at that time appellant was not a creditor at all of the said A. A. Brower. The court further found that there was a consideration moving from Mrs. L. M. Brower to her husband to sustain the conveyance.
“My husband sold and traded me a tract of land in Williamson county, Tex. It is the tract of land the defendant A. W. Molloy is seeking to sell under execution, in satisfaction of a judgment rendered against my husband, A. A. Brower, in the county court of this county, and my husband and I are plaintiffs in this case for the purpose of stopping the sale of said land for the reason that it is my separate property. I know it is the same land levied upon in this case because the sheriff sent me a notice describing the land by metes and bounds.”
We adopt the trial court’s finding of fact that the deed from A. A. Brower to Mrs. L. M. Brower was based upon a consideration, as the evidence is sufficient to show an indebtedness to her of many years’ standing. It is therefore unnecessary for us to pass upon the sufficiency of the evidence to support the finding that appellant was not a creditor of appellee A. A. Brower at the time of the conveyance, and we, accordingly, will not do so.
There is no error in the judgment, and it is affirmed.
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