Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Ainsworth
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Ninth Supreme Judicial District. Suit by Charles H. Ainsworth against the Houston Oil Company of Texas, in which Oliver C. Ainsworth and another intervened, and suit by the Houston Oil Company of ’Texas against C. H. Ainsworth and others. The suits were consolidated under the title Houston Oil Company of Texas, as plaintiff, and C. H. Ainsworth and others as defendants.
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Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Ninth Supreme Judicial District. Suit by Charles H. Ainsworth against the Houston Oil Company of Texas, in which Oliver C. Ainsworth and another intervened, and suit by the Houston Oil Company of ’Texas against C. H. Ainsworth and others. The suits were consolidated under the title Houston Oil Company of Texas, as plaintiff, and C. H. Ainsworth and others as defendants. Judgment for defendants in the consolidated cause was affirmed (192 S. TV. 614), and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSonfield, P. J.
Defendants in error sought recovery of 640 acres of the Uriah Davidson league in Hardin county against plaintiff in error, admittedly the owner of the record title to the league. The recovery so sought was in virtue of 10-year limitation under the act of 1841 (Laws Republic 5th Cong. p. 163), they asserting the perfecting of the title prior to the adoption of the revised statutes of 1879.
Trial to a jury resulted in a verdict in favor of defendants in error for 640 acres to include their improvements. Judgment was accordingly rendered, and commissioners appointed, who set apart to defendants…
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