Garner v. Lasker

Hobby, Judge.

This is an action of trespass to try the title to one thousand two hundred and eighty acres of land, brought by the appellants—plaintiffs in the lower court—against the appellees on the fifth day of April, 1886. The cause was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury, and resulted in a judgment for the appellees—defendants below—from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted. The controlling questions in the case, and upon the decision of which its disposition depends, are presented by the first, second and third assignments of error.

The first assignment is that “the…