Legal Opinion

Gestean v. Bishop

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 18, 1915No. 498PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error from District Court, El Paso County; M. Nagle, Judge. Action by Clark Bishop and others against Anna Gestean and husband. There was a judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants bring error.

1Opinion of the CourtHiggins, J.

Defendants in error sued Daniel Gestean and Wife, Anna Gestean, in trespass to try title, and recovered. Gestean and wife prosecute this writ of error.

Anna Gestean claimed title in her own right by virtue of the ten-year statute of limitation. There is evidence in the record that Gestean and wife went into possession of the lots in controversy, and remained in possession thereof until the date of the filing of this suit on July 6, 1911. On May 25, 1907, Daniel Gestean, the husband, intervened in a suit pending in the district court of El Paso county, wherein Clark Bishop and others sued Winn…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Needham v. CooneyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America v. SparraCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  2. Lloyds America v. PayneCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
  3. Alderete v. CabelloCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
  4. Schelb v. SparenbergCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
  5. National Life & Accident Ins. Co. v. BennettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934

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