Russell v. McCampbell
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Karnes. The case was tried before Hon. John F. McKinney, one of the district judges. This is an action of trespass to try title, brought by the appellees against the appellant, in the district court for the county of Karnes, by petition filed April 6, 1860, for the recovery of a lot in the town of Helena.
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Error from Karnes. The case was tried before Hon. John F. McKinney, one of the district judges. This is an action of trespass to try title, brought by the appellees against the appellant, in the district court for the county of Karnes, by petition filed April 6, 1860, for the recovery of a lot in the town of Helena. The plaintiffs claim under a deed executed by the sheriff of Karnes county, dated April 2,1860, by which the sheriff conveyed the lot in question to the plaintiffs, by virtue of a sale of said property, made by him on the 6th of March, 1860, under an execution issued from the…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The motion of the appellees, to dismiss the
cause for alleged defects in the appeal bond is refused, for the reasons upon which the decision is based in the case of Foster & Co. v. Champlin & Co., decided at this term. [Ante, p. 22.] The appellant and appellees both derive title to the premises in controversy from the same person, L. S. Owings, who appears to have been the owner of the property on the 21st April, 1857, when a judgment was rendered against him for $504 53, in favor of Deedi, with a stay of execution for six months, in the district court of Karnés county, in which the premises…
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