Hermann v. Likens
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals, First District, in an appeal from Harris County. The suit was brought by Likens et al. for the recovery of land, for which they had judgment in the trial court. Hermann, the defendant, appealed, and on affirmance of the judgment obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This suit was brought by the defendants in error, as heirs of their father, J. B. Likens, and their mother, Salina A. Likens, to recover of the plaintiff in error and James McNee and N. C. Abbott an undivided interest in a tract of land, a part of the Pleasant W. Rose survey. The plaintiffs recovered a judgment in the trial court, from which defendant Herman alone appealed—making his appeal bond payable to the plaintiffs only. In the Court of Civil Appeals the appellees moved to dismiss the appeal, for want of proper parties, and the motion to dismiss was submitted and…
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