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A The way I understood it, I think it was
always known that I was going to ranch Sinton because I
lived there, I’d lived there all my life basically, had
my home there, my wife had her studio, we were there
and that’s where I was ranching.
My sister--and she was ranching--not my sister,
but Mother at that time was ranching Cotulla. When
she--when we bought her out–-when she was sold out at
Cotulla and they [the Carsons] took over Cotulla, the
main thing was that my mother was worried * * *
[Carson] felt like she’d been disenfranchised because
she didn’t have a place to go, and I was at Sinton, and
I’d been there all my life, so she had her first chance
to go and do Cotulla.
At first I was a little anxious about it, but
after I-–I felt better about it and they went to–-they
started ranching there. And Mother’s concern and my
concern was if they like it–-it suited me fine because
I’d bitten off all I could chew right there at Sinton,
financially and–-A to Z at that time, and they were
happy at Cotulla. I was happy and I thought everything
was going pretty good.
They’d come to Sinton and I’d go to Cotulla. We’d
meet going back and forth, and we weren’t having any
problems. As a matter of fact it was one of the best
things that we ever did as a family.
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Q Can you tell the Court the circumstances
surrounding the execution of the memorandum of lease
agreement?
A All I know is when she died the other lease
hadn’t-–I don’t know when it came due, the other lease,
but this is just a continuation of what had been going
on within the family for years.
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* * * And when she died then we put all this in
writing so my sister and I would understand, and
everything’s the way it was meant to be and I’m happy
and she’s happy * * *
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