Legal Opinion

Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. McIver

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 12, 1922No. 8242. [fn*]PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

* Writ of error dismissed for want of jurisdiction December 20, 1922. Defendant in error, McIver, filed this suit against the plaintiff in error, railway company, to recover the title and possession of a strip of land 100 feet wide by about three-fourths of a mile long running across the west end of the north half of the Freeling survey in Harris county, making the usual averments in trespass to try title, and further alleging, in substance:

That about the year 1879, when he and his predecessors in title owned the fee in and enjoyed the possession of the land, plaintiff in error built its line…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Stevens v. Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1919
  2. Hays v. T. & P. R'y Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Capps v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1899
  4. Small v. McMurphyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1895

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Pollnow v. Department of Natural ResourcesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Reiter v. Coastal States Gas Producing Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1964
  3. Rio Bravo Oil Co. v. Hunt Petroleum Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1970
  4. Peterson v. HollandCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1945
  5. Rio Bravo Oil Co. v. Hunt Petroleum Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1969

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