Teat v. Perry
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; K. C. Barkley, Special Judge. Action by Osceola Perry against George L. Teat and others in trespass to try title. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
In so far as appellants' claim of title to the land here involved is concerned, part of the Grota homestead tract out of the John Austin two-league grant in Harris county, Tex., the correctness of the judgment they now appeal from depends upon whether or not a sale of it for taxes under a judgment therefor in favor of the city of Houston was invalid. If the tax sale under which they claimed was invalid or void, which they vigorously deny, appellants in this court admit that they showed no title, and in effect concede that judgment for the land properly went for the appellee, coupled as it was…
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