Tyner v. La Coste

In this suit of trespass to try title, the plaintiffs in error, Emma Tyner and Mary B. Brown, seek to recover of John La Coste a- tract of 79 acres of land situated in the south end of the tract of 735 acres which is hereinafter mentioned. The trial court instructed a verdict in favor of the defendant in error, and judgment was entered accordingly. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed such judgment. Writ of error was granted by the Supreme Court.

The material facts as established by the uncontroverted evidence are substantially as follows:

On October 28, 1865, John T. Johnson and Samuel Remley…