Hurt v. Hollingsworth
Supreme Court of the United States
.Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern-District of Texas. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
■Mr. Justice Field delivered
the opinion of the court.
This suit was brought by the plaintiff in a district court of Texas to quiet his title to certain real property situated in Galveston, in that State. On application of the defendant it was removed to the Circuit Court of the United States.
The petition, which is the first pleading in a suit according to the practice which obtains in Texas, sets forth that the plaintiff is the owner of the premises ; that he purchased them of one Molsberger and wife, in June, 1874; that those parties acquired them in December, 1865, and had subsequently,…
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