Carlisle v. Gibbs
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Trinity County. Tried below before Hon. Gordon Boone.
1Opinion of the Court
FLY, Associate Justice.
This is an action of trespass to try title instituted by Mrs. Gibbs and some twenty-nine others against William Carlisle, George W. Pennell, Tom Tipton, J. B. Cox, Lee Linton, W. E. Clark and W. D. Chessher to recover a tract of land in Trinity County, granted to James MeKim assignee of Polly Byan, containing about 3,300 acres." W. D. Chessher, Lee Linton and Tom Tipton filed disclaimers as to all the lands sued for. William Carlisle and George W. Pennell, composing the firm of William Carlisle & Co., filed an answer claiming certain portions of the land, pleading…
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