Legal Opinion

Taylor v. Dunn

Texas Supreme Court

Decided April 4, 1917No. 2464PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Dimmit County. Taylor and others sued Dunn and others and obtained judgment. On defendants’ appeal (after being first affirmed [143 S. W., 311] the judgment was reversed and rendered-for appellant [147 S. W., 287]). Separate applications for writ of error by Taylor and others and by the Nueces Valley Irrigation Company were both granted and docketed as one case.

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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Dimmit County. Taylor and others sued Dunn and others and obtained judgment. On defendants’ appeal (after being first affirmed [143 S. W., 311] the judgment was reversed and rendered-for appellant [147 S. W., 287]). Separate applications for writ of error by Taylor and others and by the Nueces Valley Irrigation Company were both granted and docketed as one case. Opinions on previous appeals are: Dunn v. Taylor, 42 Texas Civ. App., 241, 94 S. W., 347; Dunn v. Taylor, 107 S. W., 957; Dunn v. Taylor, 102 Texas, 80,…

1Opinion of the Court

Hr. Justice TANTIS

delivered the opinion of the court.

These two cases involve the same facts and the same questions of law. They represent two petitions to this court for writs of error, growing out of a suit in trespass to try title, which was tried in the District Court of Dimmit County. All the plaintiffs in error in each case were plaintiffs in the District Court, and the defendant in error, Frank Dunn, was the defendant in said court, and J. Y. Tackaberry was intervener. The question upon which each case turns is, whether the plaintiffs in error had title under the five years statutes of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Dunn v. TaylorTexas Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Dunn v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906
  3. Dunn v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Clem Lumber Co. v. Elliott Lumber Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1923
  2. Dawson v. TumlinsonTexas Supreme Court · 1951
  3. Vaughan v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
  4. Duvall v. ClarkCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
  5. Little v. WagnerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928

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