Howard v. Colquhoun
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from McLennan. The ease was tried before Hon. John Gregg, one of the district judges. The facts are fully shown in the opinion, but it seems desirable that the pleadings should be more fully set forth. The appellee, Colquhoun, filed his petition on the 28th of March, 1855, against James and Isaac Jackson, then in possession of the league of land in controversy, for the recovery of the league.
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Appeal from McLennan. The ease was tried before Hon. John Gregg, one of the district judges. The facts are fully shown in the opinion, but it seems desirable that the pleadings should be more fully set forth. The appellee, Colquhoun, filed his petition on the 28th of March, 1855, against James and Isaac Jackson, then in possession of the league of land in controversy, for the recovery of the league. He alleged that the land was granted to "William Fisher, as a colonist in the ¡Nashville, or Robertson’s colony, but did not set forth his chain of title in his petition. (For the boundaries of…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
—This is an action of trespass to try title, instituted' by the appellee, Colquhoun, 28th March, 1856, against James and Isaac Jackson, to recover the league of land granted July 4, 1835, by the commissioner of Robertson’s colony, Wm. H. Steele, to Wm. Fisher, as a colonist in that colony, and conveyed by said Fisher to said Steele, October 5, 1835, and by Steele to the appellee 13th day of February, 1839.
W. L. Scales was permitted to defend as the landlord of the Messrs. Jackson; and by amended petition, filed April 16, 1856, the appellant, Philip Howard, is made party defendant below.
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