Scales v. Wren
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Hartley County. Wren sued Scales and others in trespass to try title. Defendants had judgment which was reversed and rendered for plaintiff on his appeal. Appellees then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gaines
T. L. Wren brought this suit in the District Court of Hartley County against John A. Scales, et al., to try the title to a tract of 175 acres of land.
The land was granted by patent of the State to William T. Crook as assignee of Thomas Toby on the 30th day of April, 1875, and the defendant in error Wren has the title of the patentee by a regular chain of transfer down to himself,—all of which were duly recorded in the office of the County Clerk of Hartley County. The deed to Wren stated that he was resident of Travis County, Texas. The plaintiff in error defended under a title derived from a…
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