Jones v. Wright
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Schleicher County. Wright sued Jones to recover land and had judgment therefor. Defendant appealed and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
The defendant in error was plaintiff in the District Court and plaintiff in error was the defendant. The action was trespass to try title, the petition containing the general allegations of title and the answer the plea of not guilty. The land involved was certain sections of school land in Schleicher County,_ which will be designated by numbers as sections 60, 61, 82, west one-half of 59 and east one-half of 71. The plaintiff claimed under rejected applications filed May 12, 1902, to purchase section 61 as his home section and the others as additional lands. .The…
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