Fielder v. Houston Oil Co. of Texas
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of First Supreme Judicial District. Suit by Mrs. Alice 0. Fielder and others against the Houston Oil Company of Texas and others. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals (165 S. W. 48), where the judgment was affirmed in part and reversed in part, and both parties bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, P. J.
This suit is an action of trespass to try title, brought by Mrs. Alice C. Fielder and others as plaintiffs against the Houston Oil Company, R. H. Kirby, and R. S. Stevens, to recover title and possession of 480 acres of land in Hardin county located and surveyed by virtue of bounty warrant No. 60 issued by the Republic of Texas to John Lewis. Originally, other parties were made defendants, but all were dismissed from the suit except those named above.
The defendants Houston Oil Company and R. H. Kirby answered by a plea of not guilty and by pleas of limitation, setting up the three, five, and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Bracken v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- Bender v. BrooksTexas Supreme Court · 1910
- Holland v. NanceTexas Supreme Court · 1908
- Mhoon v. CainTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- Smith v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1910
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Short v. W. T. Carter & BrotherTexas Supreme Court · 1939
- Smith v. TurnerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
- Vergara v. MyersTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
- Foster v. Gulf Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960
- Stroud v. TEMPLE LUMBER COMPANYCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955
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