Legal Opinion

Delany v. Padgett

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 18, 1952No. 13635PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Filed July 2, 1949, the suit was for the title and possession of 78.32 acres of land in the John Sellers League in Galveston County, Texas.

The claim was that plaintiffs and those under whom they claimed had record title to the land sued for under the muniments their abstract of title disclosed.

The defenses were: (1) a denial that plaintiffs had record title, in that, as shown in one of their muniments, 1 the land it described as set apart to plaintiffs’ predecessor in title is not the land sued for; and (2) a claim of title by adverse possession under the ten year…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Ricks v. GrubbsTexas Supreme Court · 1948
  2. Satterwhite v. RosserTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  3. McKee v. E. R. StewarTexas Supreme Court · 1942
  4. Whitehead v. FoleyTexas Supreme Court · 1858
  5. West Production Co. v. KahanekTexas Supreme Court · 1938

10 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. McDonnold v. WeinachtTexas Supreme Court · 1971
  2. Cliett v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
  3. Chapa v. GarciaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. Wynn v. MendozaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
  5. Hinds v. KilloughCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959

11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API