Kern v. Coffin
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the' District Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas; Thos. S. Maxey, Judge. Action at law by P. E. Kern against C. O. Coffin, and cross-action by Coffin against Kern. Judgment for Coffin in the cross-action, and Kern brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, District Judge.
This cause comes before the court on a writ of error to the action of the District Court directing a verdict against P„ E. Kern, plaintiff in the District Court, and in favor of Coffin, upon his cross-action for the undivided 150 acres of land in controversy. Kern brought trespass to try title to the land in controversy against Coffin, who filed a cross-action or plea in reconvention against Kern, and it was on the trial of this suit and cross-action in the District Court that a verdict was directed as stated.
It appears from the evidence in the case that M. J.…
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