Legal Opinion

Bull v. Bull

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 24, 1902PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Erath. Tried below before Hon. W. J. Oxford.

1Opinion of the Court

CONNER, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by the surviving children and heirs of John W. Bull, who died on the 11th day of February, 1898, to recover the title and possession of 160 acres of land of which appellant was in possession claiming the homestead right therein as the surviving wife of said John W. Bull. . In addition to the usual averments of a petition in trespass to try title appellees specially alleged, among other things: “That on the 18th day of December, 1886, the said John W. Bull entered into a pretended marriage with the defendant R. Tilda Bull. That at the time of said pretended…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Yates v. HoustonTexas Supreme Court · 1848
  2. Blanchard v. LambertSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
  3. Tillman v. LansingNew York Supreme Court · 1809

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Brown v. ParksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
  2. Renton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
  3. Wristen v. WristenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
  4. Edelstein v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904
  5. Wiess v. HallCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911

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