Smith v. Taylor
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Williamson. Tried below before the Hon. E. H. Yontress. This case involved' the validity of the titles to the Austin city lots sold by the State under the condemnation of the site of the city. For all practical purposes the main facts of the case are sufficiently indicated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtOgdeh, J.
The defendant in error instituted suit in the district court for Travis county, in 1858, against the plaintiffs in error, to cancel a deed of defendants below, and to quiet his title to a certain lot of land in the city of Austin. Subsequently the cause was removed, by change of venue to Williamson county, where, in September, 1858, judgment was rendered for the plaintiff below, for the land, and for one thousand dollars damages. In November of the same year the plaintiff and defendants entered into an agreement, by which the plaintiff remitted the damages as to all the defendants, and, in…
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