Holliman v. Smith
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Gruadalupe. Tried below before the Hon. James J. Thornton. This is the second time this case has been before the Supreme Court.
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Appeal from Gruadalupe. Tried below before the Hon. James J. Thornton. This is the second time this case has been before the Supreme Court. (See the case of F. Smith and Wife v. Holliman, No. 3160, of the Supreme Court docket, decided October 26, 1868.) The suit was an action of trespass to try title,- brought by Smith and "wife against Holliman in the District Court of Gruadalupe county, to recover a tract of land known as' “the Elm Spring tract,” which plaintiffs claimed as their homestead. The petition was filed on the eleventh of June, 1861. On the eleventh of April, 1866, defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtMcAdoo, J.
This is a suit brought by the appellees, French Smith and wife,- against the appellant, Holliman, of trespass to try title. The property in controversy consists of a house and some lots in the town of Segnin, and commonly known as the “Elm Spring Place.”
It appears that the property in controversy was sold by the sheriff of Guadalupe county in 1859, by virtue of levies thereon of several executions he held in his hands against French Smith, one of the appellees; and at the sale the appellant became the purchaser of the property,' and the sheriff executed a deed to him as such purchaser.' The…
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