Eason v. Eason
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Colorado. Tried below before the Hon. Everett Lewis. Trespass to try the title, brought by Edmond Eason, to the premises described in plaintiffs’ petition as a portion of original lot Ho. 1, block Ho. 97, in the town of Columbus.
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Appeal from Colorado. Tried below before the Hon. Everett Lewis. Trespass to try the title, brought by Edmond Eason, to the premises described in plaintiffs’ petition as a portion of original lot Ho. 1, block Ho. 97, in the town of Columbus. The defense set up by appellants was that the property had been given to appellant, Ceasar Eason, and his wife; that appellee had at the time put appellants in possession, which they had quietly enjoyed for over nine years; that they had made valuable improvements on the lot, and that appellee, who was the father of appellant Ceasar Eason, had all the…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.—
It has been frequently decided in this, court that when a charge directing the jury to find for one of the parties to a suit upon one or all the issues involved in the cause is but the legal effect of uncontroverted evidence, and there is no question in reference to it to be passed upon by the jury, it may properly be given. Teal v. Terrell, 58 Tex., 261; Hedgepeth v. Robertson, 18 Tex., 871; Mitchell v. De Witt, 20 Tex., 294.
Such being the rule, the appellants cannot complain that upon their own version of this case, and accepting as true all the facts relied upon by…
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