Taliaferro v. Rice
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Liberty County. Tried below before Hon. L. B. Hightower.
1Opinion of the Court
REESE, Associate Justice.
Sinclair Taliaferro and wife and J. M. Blanding and wife instituted this suit in trespass to try title against C. M. Rice and other defendants to recover land described as leagues No. 2 and 8 of the Jose Dolores Martinez grant in Liberty County.
On the trial defendants C. M. Rice, J. A. Rice, W. A. White, L. A. White, L. A. Isaacs, T. A. Booth and C. N. Smith on their application were granted a severance. They disclaimed as to all of the land sued for- except a tract of 705 acres specifically described by metes and bounds, as to which they pleaded not guilty and the…
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