Trinity County Lumber Co. v. Pinckard
Court of Appeals of Texas
2. Findings of Fact by Court. — It has long been the rule of appellate courts of this State, not to reverse a finding upon an issue of fact, whether the finding be that of a jury or of the court, unless it is unsupported by the evidence. Tried below before Hon. Norman G-. Kittrell.
1Opinion of the Court
PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.
The appellees, the heirs of William M. Pinckard, and Claiborne Steele, brought this suit on the 1st day of June, 1891, in the District Court of Trinity County, against the appellant, a private corporation, organized under the laws of Iowa, and L. T. Sloan, for the recovery of a league of land, granted by the government of Coahuila and Texas, on the 6th day of October, A. D. 1835, to John Johnson. •
Defendants, for answer, pleaded the general denial and the statute of limitation of three, five, and ten years; and to the statute of limitation, plaintiffs, by…
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