Smith v. Jones
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Newton County. Smith obtained writ of error upon a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals which reversed and rendered against him a judgment in his favor by the trial court, in an action by Jones and others for the recovery of land.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The plaintiff in error was one of the defendants in the District Court, in this action brought by the defendants in error to recover a tract of 640 acres of land known as the Stephen Williams survey. The questions arise out of facts on which W. H. Smith relied to sustain his claim to 160 acres under the ten years statute of limitations. The history of the possession is as follows:
Enoch Smith, the father of C. C. Smith and of plaintiff in error, in 1873 and 1874, lived on the Enoch Smith survey, which adjoins the Williams survey on the east, and his two sons, it seems, at that time lived with…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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