Lippincott v. Taylor
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Clay County;. A. I-I. Carrigan, Judge. Trespass to try title by William Taylor-against M. E. Lippincott and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
8224 Writ of error denied by Supreme Court March 22, 1911. Appellee instituted this suit in the usual form of trespass to try title to lots 3, 4, 5, and 6 in block 21 of the Howeth Eldridge addition to the town of Henrietta. Appellants pleaded not guilty and the three and ten years' statutes of limitations. After the introduction of the testimony, the court gave a peremptory instruction in appellee's favor, and the verdict and judgment are in accordance therewith.
There is no controversy in the testimony. Appellee proved a legal chain of title from the sovereignty of the soil to himself; all…
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