Calder v. Ramsey
Texas Supreme Court
—— Appeal from Lampasas. Tried below before the Hon. W. A. Blackburn. This was an action of trespass to try title brought by appellant to recover of W. L. Townsend and F.M. Ramsey two-thirds of a league of land, a part of that originally granted to S. C. Douglass. The plaintiff offered in evidence the patent from the state to S. C. Douglass and other instruments, for the purpose of proving a complete chain of title from the state down to himself.
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—— Appeal from Lampasas. Tried below before the Hon. W. A. Blackburn. This was an action of trespass to try title brought by appellant to recover of W. L. Townsend and F.M. Ramsey two-thirds of a league of land, a part of that originally granted to S. C. Douglass. The plaintiff offered in evidence the patent from the state to S. C. Douglass and other instruments, for the purpose of proving a complete chain of title from the state down to himself. The defendants relied upon an instrument given by plaintiff to Peareson, a tax deed by the sheriff of Lampasas county to defendant Townsend, and a…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
We think it unnecessary to review the rulings of the court below upon the appellees’ demurrer to the supplemental petition, or upon the objections to the admission of plaintiff’s testimony. We will consider only the question as to whether the judgment, upon the pleadings and evidence submitted to the district judge, should have been for the plaintiff or for the defendants.
In our opinion it is of no importance whether or not the plaintiff established a complete chain of title down to himself from the original grantee of the certificate of the land in controversy. The…
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